Dennis Pilon from UVic published this excellent article on STV in the CCPA Monitor, so I am republishing it below: MAY 12 DECISION DAY FOR B.C. VOTERS: Change to STV system would be helpful to progressives By Dennis Pilon May 12, 2009 will be the “make-or-break” day for voting system reform in British Columbia, and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'BC Citizens’ Assembly'
STV: A better democracy and more progressive politics
May 1st, 2009 · Marc Lee · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Electoral reform
Tags: BC Citizens' Assembly·Dennis Pilon·FPTP·STV & electoral reform
Reflections on the Citizens’ Assembly
April 30th, 2009 · Marc Lee · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Electoral reform
One of the most interesting stories behind BC’s Single Transferable Vote referendum is how we got there. The Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform ran for a year, a fascinating exercise in deliberative democracy, and perhaps the most interesting and forward-looking thing done by the Liberals in their first term. Wendy Bergerud was a CA member [...]
Tags: BC Citizens' Assembly·deliberative democracy·Electoral reform·Fair Vote Canada·Fair Voting BC·FPTP·MMP·Wendy Bergerud·Women
The Ghost of Elections Past (revised)
April 29th, 2009 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · BC Election 2009, Electoral reform
From our STV series in the new BC Commentary, UVic historian Ben Isitt looks to the past when he sees STV. UPDATE (April 30): It seems that there is some confusion about the term Single Transferable Vote and its applicability to the 1952 and 1953 elections. Dennis Pilon, also from U Vic wrote to say [...]
Tags: BC Citizens' Assembly·Benjamin Isitt·CCF·Co-operative Commonwealth Federation·Dennis Pilon·Liberals·Social Credit·STV & electoral reform
STV is worth trying
April 25th, 2009 · Seth Klein · No Comments · BC Election 2009, Electoral reform
Great to see a debate kicked off among our research associates and others about the pros and cons of BC-STV. As Marc mentions below, the current issue of the CCPA’s BC Commentary has a special collection on STV, which you can download here. Keith outlines the case against STV below. And while the CCPA has [...]
Tags: BC Citizens' Assembly·coalition government·FPTP·STV & electoral reform
