On May 10, the government released its principles for electoral reform. In this series we are looking at those principles one by one. Principle A: “Effectiveness and legitimacy: that the proposed measure would increase public confidence among Canadians that their democratic will, as expressed by their votes, will be fairly translated and that the proposed measure reduces distortion and strengthens…
Monthly Archives: May 2016
The Criteria for a New Electoral System
The Special Committee on Electoral Reform has been defined and we couldn’t be happier. All the criteria point clearly to a Ranked or Preferential Voting system and practically rule out a number of others. Here are the official criteria: (a) Effectiveness and legitimacy: that the proposed measure would increase public confidence among Canadians that their democratic will, as expressed by…