tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post7988099713177324969..comments2023-08-03T03:59:01.255-04:00Comments on Democratic Voting Canada: Who loves First-Past-the-Post — for all the wrong reasons?Ron Wallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post-85400987422588787592014-03-13T17:18:31.496-04:002014-03-13T17:18:31.496-04:00Thanks for the info. I was skeptical when I heard ...Thanks for the info. I was skeptical when I heard the Liberals were introducing this through the back door via a private member's bill. Didn't know it passed second reading last week. I read Cohn in the Star saying the bill should be sent to committee, where they should recommend it be put to a referendum.<br /><br />I hope it gets legislated directly. FPP produces distorted election results. Voters end up getting saddled with politicians and governments they don't want and didn't vote for. FPP itself is anti-democratic. Having it legislated by elected representatives is certainly not anti-democratic. <br /><br />The next logical step is to legislate ranked ballot voting at a provincial and federal level. Given PR has gone down in flames in provincial referendums, a repeat of the process will kill PR for good. <br /><br />Either take the incremental approach: RBV on a party platform; PR on a RBV/PR referendum. Or else hold a 3-way referendum with a runoff vote: FPP, PR & RBV. This way FPP could get eliminated on the first round.<br /><br />Any two-way referendum is doomed because if voters don't have their option on the ballot, they opt for the status quo. This happened in ON, BC, PEI and the UK. All referendums were defeated by over 60%.Ron Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120060083437508997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257578024925559189.post-54033381292380725062014-03-13T13:38:11.072-04:002014-03-13T13:38:11.072-04:00Only Conservatives voted against second reading of...Only Conservatives <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/03/06/mpps_send_electoral_reform_legislation_to_be_studied.print.html" rel="nofollow">voted against</a> second reading of the bill to allow the City of Toronto to use instant runoff for council and mayor.<br /><br />It's really only partisans of top parties. Now that the Liberals are third, they seem to be changing their minds.doconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941265860606353518noreply@blogger.com