Electoral Reform

Adventures in cyberspace: Is electoral reform dead in Canada?

Why would electoral reform increase the threat of separation? For one thing, the Bloc Québécois would be the biggest loser. Federal parties now get 60% of the vote in Québec but it is the Bloc that gets the most seats, I doubt Québec ...
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Oliver Rowlinson: The voice of a young Tory: Tories: Why are you ...

The Single Transferable Vote. “STV uses preferential voting in multi-member constituencies. Each voter gets one vote, which can transfer from their first-preference to their second-preference and so on, as necessary. ...
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New Zealand's electorate truly represented - Edmonton Journal

New Zealand's electorate truly representedEdmonton JournalNew Zealand also offers an illuminating case study of how a democracy can introduce electoral reform. The electorate were first asked whether or not to ...

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An Interview with Dr. Alex Himelfarb : the Commons

Having said all this, I think electoral reform should focus now on making voting more self-evidently meaningful – not compulsory. (Just to be clear, the argument that the long form census must be mandatory is totally different, ...
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http://thecommons-ccd.com/2010/09/an-interview-with-dr-alex-himelfarb/
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Scott H. Payne

Canada a laggard on making 'hung Parliaments' work - Hill Times (subscription)

Canada a laggard on making 'hung Parliaments' workHill Times (subscription)But critics of proportional representation point out that Canadians aren't interested in that kind of electoral reform, even in a minority government era in ...

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Lessons from down under on electoral reform | openDemocracy

But submerged as they are in a Tory dominated coalition it seems that they are content to pick up any electoral reform scraps thrown from the table. Meanwhile none of the front running candidates for the leadership of New Labour (or as ...
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