Daily Poll: Where do you stand on electoral reform in B.C.?
Voters are being asked whether they wish to change the province’s voting system to proportional representation from the traditional first-past-the-post system.
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British Columbians begin receiving their mail-in ballots this week for the province’s referendum on electoral reform.
Voters are being asked whether they wish to change the province’s voting system to proportional representation from the traditional first-past-the-post system.
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The first question for voters is whether they want to stick with the existing first-past-the-post system — where each of 87 ridings are represented by a single MLA who is the top vote winner in the election — or change to proportional representation.
In the second question, voters are asked to rank three different proportional representation systems. Voters can answer one or both questions, and can rank the following three representation systems even if they vote no to change. Under all proportional representation systems, more ridings could be added, up to a total of as many as 95.
What do you think?
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