I personally would like to see Mixed Member Proportional (MMP)
voting system for BC.
MMP gives people a vote for a local representative and a vote for
the party of their choice.
It is fair in terms of proportional representation. A party gets a
share of seats in the legislature proportional to its share of
province-wide vote.
It retains local representation, which many British Columbians
want. Ridings would have to be slightly larger but voters get two
kinds of representatives: a local representative, and party
representatives.
I recognize and accept that the riding size might be slightly
larger (up to 50% larger). However, in exchange, at least one of my
two votes is almost sure to count and I will get fair
representation for my political viewpoint with my party vote.
I do not support the Single Transferable Vote (STV) because it is a
complex system of geographically big, multi-member ridings with the
number of MLAs per riding varying. Typically, big rural ridings
have fewer MLAs and urban ridings have more MLAs. The vote-counting
system is unnecessarily complex, with voters' second and third
choices kicking in until all the seats are filled with candidates
who pass a quota (minimum number of votes needed to get elected,
which varies according to the number of MLAs to be elected in that
riding).
When considering the various submissions please cast my vote for
MMP.
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