Squashing Electoral Reform
In 2015, the Canadian government set up a commission to reform Canada's electoral system. This commission became a political football and had to be disbanded.
Making such changes will be difficult.
If we are going to make such an electoral change, we might as well shoot for a big change, not a trifling change. Right?
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=85
I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led review to build consensus for changing the electoral system for the Westminster Parliament.
PRISONERS' BALLOT BOX POTENTIAL SPARKS POLITICAL RUCKUS
Should prisoners serving up to 4 years vote in UK elections? Green Party wants a vote in Parliament. See who is affected and why it matters.
#PrisonerVoting, #UKPolitics, #GreenParty, #ElectoralReform, #HumanRights
https://newsletter.tf/prisoners-voting-rights-uk-elections-green-party/
Around 28,000 prisoners could get the vote, which is about 130 inmates per area. This is a big change from the current rules.
#PrisonerVoting, #UKPolitics, #GreenParty, #ElectoralReform, #HumanRights
https://newsletter.tf/prisoners-voting-rights-uk-elections-green-party/
I need 5 co-signatures for my UK petition before it will be reviewed and published:
"Implement proportional representation for general elections"
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765777/sponsors/new?token=h26R2TBKhx1ojTgqEFKZ
Edit: This petition now has 5 signatures so it qualifies for review, but it can accept up to 20 before review.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #UK #UKPol #UKPolitics
It is frustrating every single time that I see the popular votes versus seats won in Canadian elections.
Especially when you have a party like the Bloc Quebécois who run only in Québec, pull 1.2 million votes in that province, and receive 22 seats in the House, yet the NDP pulls 1.2 million across Canada and gets 7 seats.
All our system does is reward density, rather than delivering actual representation.
But someone please tell me how 'ranked ballots' will fix this*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election
*don’t, please don't bother.
#ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
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