@chris Ranked ballots at least would have led to more NDP votes in the last election, because no would-be NDP voters would have voted Liberal strategically.

If we do go PR, it should be with a ranked ballot, so people can vote for who they want without risk of "wasting" their vote.

Having read your reasons, your beef seems to be with single-MP ridings, not with ranked ballots themselves!

@felix ranked-voting (aka "majoritarian” ballots) is only a slight improvement, and can sometimes make things much worse in our FPTP system by elevating 2nd choices and disappearing people's first choice.

Ranked balloting is too often used as a stand-in for proportional representation, which it certainly is not.

I believe most, and certainly the best, forms of PR include ranked ballots, but I would also not be against a form of PR that did not rank.

The fundamental unfairness and undemocratic nature of our system is the disconnect between votes cast and the number of seats in the House.

@chris @felix

You're right, ranked choice voting doesn't automatically deliver proportional representation.

Multi-member districts AND ranked choice ballots, would. Then, in an example district with 5 seats, any faction with 20% support would be guaranteed a seat.

I say "faction" deliberately, because it wouldn't have to be a party at all. My faction could be people of any party who think rural issues are most important, or people from the western end of the district, or the vegans.