CPC would win election on less votes than Liberals
According to an IRV poll from Forum Research for the National Post, the Liberals have a 4 point lead on the Conservatives but would actually lose the election: July 2013…
Ron Waller
Ranked ballot will make NDP a real player
FPP tends to make the NDP a minor player when competing against the Liberals for the centrist vote. Why? When both parties compete for the entire vote, voters tend to…
Ranked ballot will benefit Green voters
“Some people don’t like the voting system. We’ll call them the losers. Or the crazy people. Or the Green Party.” — Rick Mercer Most developed countries have determined that PR…
Incremental approach to voting reform
The direct approach to electoral reform has failed. So far 4 provincial PR referendums have gone down in flames. Given Einstein’s definition of insanity — repeating the same thing over…
Vote-reform referendum Catch-22
Canadians are divided three ways on voting reform: The status quo (FPP) Proportional representation (PR) None of the above (but open to PV ranked-ballot compromise) This means any two-way referendum…