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Originally Posted by SebC
Single-member ranked ballot is not a proportional system, so I'd argue that it doesn't make every vote count. Having said that, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that that's what they'll go with and am withholding my judgment for now.
As long as they end up with a quality system I'm okay with it, even without a referendum. That's what political capital is for - doing good things that may be unpopular.
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This is pretty much my opinion as well.
I prefer ranked ballot to the current system... it may not make every vote count to the extent that full proportional representation may but it at least gives us a government that more people feel they can live with.
Really my ideal system is a marriage of the NDP's position and Trudeau's preference. MMPR: Half the seats allocated proportionally, half the seats tied to a geographic constituency with the constituency seats determined by ranked ballot.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I'm also right.
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No, you just have an opinion.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
If you actually believe the support for change is there, then put your money where your mouth is and hold the referendum.
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Leaving aside that a referendum isn't required by law I'd rather do Cullen's idea and have the referendum after the next election (with the new voting system) so that no choice has a pronounced incumbency advantage and people have experience with both (and so that there can first be amendments to modernize the Referendum Act).