Our current voting system must change, as our present system
does not reflect how voters vote, and leads to an adversarial type
of government. Increasing lower voter turnout, 'negative voting' or
not voting at all reflects our citizens' frustrations trend.
The current electoral system has contributed to the polarized
nature of BC politics. The Legislative Assembly is becoming
irrelevant, with decisions made in the Premier's office and Cabinet
and little meaningful debate in the House. Proportional
representation would lead to a more representative range of ideas
being heard and debated in the House. Minority or coalition
governments may result, but I believe that will lead to better
representative governments. The forced umbrella party system that
we currently suffer under in order for a political party to obtain
majority rule, often stifles the democratic representation of a
majority of constituents.
The past 30 and more years of adversarial governments in BC have
lead to 'Too much power corrupts, absolute power leads to absolute
corruption' and causes large swings of political extremes that
weakens BC's ability to progress.
To make our government more democratic, I am in favour of a mixed
member proportional [MMP] voting system. With 50 members
elected by each voter's first ballot as constituency
representatives and another 25 members selected from each parties'
predetermined list as a result of a second ballot for a province
wide party vote. That is, two votes per citizen, one for a
constituency representative and one for proportional
representation.
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