About BC-STV

Events in Fort Nelson

2009-03-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Apr. 27th at 3pm : Public Presentation sponsored by the library

Apr. 27th at 6:30pm : Presentation before Regional Council

May 2nd & 3rd : Tradeshow (booth #7)

Events in Chetwynd

2009-03-27T13:56:00.000-07:00

Apr. 3rd-5th : Tradeshow (booth #26)

Please stay tuned for more presentations.

Events in Dawson Creek

2009-03-26T22:54:00.001-07:00

Mon, Apr. 6th at 9am : BC-STV Presentation before City Council

Tues, Apr. 14th at 7pm : BC-STV Public Presentation sponsored by the Library

Apr. 24th - 26th : Tradeshow (booth #228)

Events in Hudson's Hope

2009-03-26T22:36:00.001-07:00

Tues. Mar. 24th at 7pm - Public Presentation sponsored by the Library

I would like to thank the Public Library for giving us this opportunity to provide the people of Hudson's Hope with more information on BC-STV. Despite the weather, we had some wonderful people with very incisive questions.

Events in Fort St. John

2009-03-25T21:58:00.001-07:00

Thurs. Mar.26th at 12pm - BC-STV Presentation at Northern Lights College sponsored by the Student Association

I would like to personally thank the student association for providing us with this wonderful opportunity to provide people with more information on BC-STV. It was very successful with 26 people in attendance and many very thoughtful and incisive questions.

Thurs. Apr. 2nd at 7pm - BC-STV Public Presentation at the Cultural Centre sponsored by the Fort St. John Public Library

Tues, Apr. 14th at 3pm - BC-STV presentation before City Council

Apr. 17th-19th : Tradeshow (booth #321)

The First Steps Toward Electoral Reform

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The Liberals created a Citizen's Assembly (CA) to look at electoral reform.

They chose 160 members at random to represent the general population of BC.

The Citizen's Assembly spent most of 2004 learning and consulting with the public about electoral reform.

The recommendation of the CA was for BC-STV over the present FPTP, based on 95% support.

Raising Awareness

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Raising awareness is one of the most important activities with the upcoming referendum.

There was 30-50% awareness in the 2005 referendum when STV gained 58% support.

Once people understand what STV is about, over 70% are in favour, with very little dependence on what party they support.

Back by Popular Demand

2009-01-31T23:44:00.000-08:00

The majority of BC voters said 'Yes' to BC-STV in the 2005 Referendum.

It received 58% support, just 2% shy of the 60% it needed.

The upcoming referendum will be asking you once again to support either electoral reform as BC-STV or the current system which is first past the post (FPTP).

Where it all began...

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The stimulus to initiate electoral reform was the 1996 election.

The NDP received 39.45% support and won 39 of the possible 75 seats

The Liberals received 41.82% support and won only 33 seats.

The NDP won a majority government despite receiving fewer votes than the liberals!

The skewed results continued with the 2001 election.

The Liberals received 57% support but won 97% of the seats.

Benefits of BC-STV

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More proportionality gives fairer results.

Greater voter choice with more candidates and a preferential ballot.

Multi-member districts give more than one MLA to turn to and more competition between candidates.

Avoids vote splitting by having fewer wasted votes as they are partially transferred to your other choices.

What is BC-STV?

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STV stands for Single Tranferable Vote.

It is a type of electoral reform that gives more proportional results then the current system, first past the post (FPTP).

Voters can rank multiple candidates in a multi-member district instead of having to choose only one.