Here are my thoughts on Reform of BC’s voting
system:
I favour the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) voting
system. It is made up of one ballot for the
constituency candidate and one for the Party. It is simple and not
hard for the voter to understand.
I favour the 2/3 and 1/3 split between the ridings. In other
words the number of representatives remains the same (based on
population), but the number of ridings get larger to accommodate
the split. 2/3 are first past the post and 1/3 are the Party vote.
In B.C. it would be 53 ridings past the post and 26 positions for
Party votes. So at the end of the voting some of the ridings will
have two representatives in them.
Minimum 5% rule that the party needs to get seats.
Here I vary the MMP — The Party votes: I favour the
Party having two (2) on a Party list (Closed) I believe that is the
term. The Party list should be published beforehand (the leader
can/should be on the list). And the rest would be chosen from
candidates who are running in the different ridings, but who were
not elected. This would be based on their election results. The one
with the most votes gets the seat after of course the Party has
chosen their two from the closed list (This closed list is to
accommodate the Party in case their leader has not been elected and
the other seat is to have their “financial
expert” in place if the person has not been elected. If
both are elected then the Party can appoint whoever they feel best
suited).
[Entered online from a scanned document]
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