Having studied the issue of electoral reform for BC (and other
countries) for the past 2 years, I feel strongly about wanting our
province to adopt a mixed member proportional [MMP] representation
method of voting. Ideally the Citizens Assembly would vote for this
method in 2005, and we could see it used by 2009. To continue with
the "first-past-the-post" method is simply no longer relevant to
our democratic aspirations of people who want to contribute to
society. It appears that other countries which have adopted the
mixed-member pro-rep method have realized a better voter turnout
and a lessening of gender imbalance in politics. I also believe
strongly that young people in BC need to see a more
progressive method of voting, so that they feel their vote will
really count for what they believe.
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