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British Columbia Voting Systems Comparisom

On May 17th, 2005 B.C. will hold a referendum on whether or not they want to replace their current voting system, commonly known as First Past The Post, to a new system called Single Transferable Vote. The problems with B.C's current voting system were demonstrated during the last two elections. In 1996, the NDP party managed to maintain a majority in Parliment despite the fact that the Liberal party recieved more votes then they did. In 2001, the situation was reversed and the NDP was majorly underepresented, gaining only two seats despite have 25% of the vote.

Below, we have a side by side comparisom of the two voting systems. On the left hand side we have a ballot for First Past the Post, the current system used in B.C. On the right we have an STV ballot, which is porposed for use in B.C.

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First Past The Post

Single Transferable Vote

To vote, simply select the Candidate you want to put into office.

To vote, rank the following candidates. Set your favorite Candidate to 1, your second favorite to 2, and so on. You may rank as many or as few as you wish.

You have been randomnally placed in the riding: North. These are your candidates:
Richard Neufeld (Liberals)
Tom Landers (Unity)
Robert Broughton (Green)
Joyce Procure (NDP)

Colin Hanson (Liberals)

Patrick Wong (Liberals)

Shirley Bond (Liberals)

Gordon Campbell (Liberals)

Richard Neufeld (Liberals)

Tom Landers (Unity)

Wayne McGrath (Unity)

Adriane Carr (Green)

Robert Broughton (Green)

Colleen McCrory (Green)

Ian Gregson (Green)

Joyce Procure (NDP)

Jenny Kwan (NDP)

Jagrup Brar (NDP)

Rob Fleming (NDP)

Carole James (NDP)

Dana Larson (Marijuana)

Tom Morino (Democratic Reform)

Shirley Abraham (Democratic Reform)

Elayne Brenzinger (Democratic Reform)