Comments on: crazy sign time / election time http://kevinharding.ca/2009/04/crazy-sign-time-election-time/ ...these wandering thoughts Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: kevin http://kevinharding.ca/2009/04/crazy-sign-time-election-time/comment-page-1/#comment-36 kevin Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:02:00 +0000 http://kevinharding.ca/?p=81#comment-36 Thanks for this, Wayne -- just the link I forgot to provide. Thanks for this, Wayne — just the link I forgot to provide.

]]> By: Richard Lung http://kevinharding.ca/2009/04/crazy-sign-time-election-time/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Richard Lung Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:42:12 +0000 http://kevinharding.ca/?p=81#comment-35 STV allows the voters to order their favorite candidates from a good choice in multi-member constituencies. Even if you just favor one party, you still may have a choice of more than one candidate, from the same party, to prefer. This allows some freedom from the party manifestos that are usually job lots of policies, which oblige you to support things you dont want for things you do want. STV gets round this dilemma by allowing you to prefer the candidates nearest your own views, whatever their party. All the candidates have an equal chance of election because they all have to win an elective proportion of the votes in a multi-member constituency. And votes are not wasted because they are transferable, if and when your more prefered candidates already have enough votes to be elected. In all, STV gives a more representative parliament than any other voting system. It may truly be called the democratic voting system. Richard Lung, Democracy Science. STV allows the voters to order their favorite candidates from a good
choice in multi-member constituencies. Even if you just favor one
party, you still may have a choice of more than one candidate, from the same party, to prefer.
This allows some freedom from the party manifestos that are usually job lots of policies, which oblige you to support things you dont want for things you do want.

STV gets round this dilemma by allowing you to prefer the candidates
nearest your own views, whatever their party. All the candidates have
an equal chance of election because they all have to win an elective
proportion of the votes in a multi-member constituency. And votes are
not wasted because they are transferable, if and when your more
prefered candidates already have enough votes to be elected.

In all, STV gives a more representative parliament than any other
voting system. It may truly be called the democratic voting system.

Richard Lung, Democracy Science.

]]> By: Wayne Smith http://kevinharding.ca/2009/04/crazy-sign-time-election-time/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Wayne Smith Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:59:22 +0000 http://kevinharding.ca/?p=81#comment-32 To make an informed choice in the referendum on May 12, read the final report and recommendations of the BC Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform: http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/public Then you will know exactly what is being proposed, by whom, and why. For more info: www.stv.ca To make an informed choice in the referendum on May 12, read the final report and recommendations of the BC Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform:

http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/public

Then you will know exactly what is being proposed, by whom, and why.

For more info: http://www.stv.ca

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