I have noticed that some of the other submissons advocate the
STV system for BC. I do not think that this system would
work here.
I much prefer the MMP system like the one in New Zealand. Under MMP
more women are elected. The two countries that use STV, Malta and
Ireland, have among the lowest women elected to Parliment because
of the competitive nature of the campagining process -- everybody
is fighting against everyone else to get the first rank, even among
their fellow party candidates. Women who often want more
cooperative politics opt out of running. This is shown by the fact
that Malta and Ireland have smaller percentages of women elected
than we currently have in B.C.
The MMP system is much simpler too, because, instead of having to
rank 5 or 6 different people, there are just two simple votes --
one for the party and one for the person who you want to represent
your electoral district.
In order for the STV system to be propotional, that is have the
percentage of votes for a political party translate into a similar
percentage of seats, the STV system requires large electoral
districts with at least 5 or 6 memebers representing that district.
Young people, like me, are often not that political and would find
it difficult to know enough about 6 different candidates to be able
to rank them intelligently.
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