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The unofficial non-partisan Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.

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🗳️Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.

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I am going to preface this by saying that this was shared with me by a friend and I am still trying to get my head wrapped around it. I am not an expert or even well read on the subject but do believe that the voting systems in Canada need to change. I post in the interest of building the discussion in this community.

I like single transferrable vote (STV), but it’s unlikely to catch on because it needs number crunching in the backend to apportion the excess votes to (hopefully) improve proportionality. I can see it being accused of corruption by the fact and critical-thinking challenged demographic.

Baden-Württemberg solves that by saying that every riding has two members, one who wins the popular vote, and one who is selected from the runners-up in a manner that best enhances proportionality, but still focuses on the high vote earners.

Mixed member proportional representation (MMR) is too easily gamed by parties to embed unelectable party hacks/loyalists (as experienced in NZ).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm with you here. Parties are not a fundamental part of our electoral system, they're just a way for politicians to organize themselves. In theory you could get rid of all of them tomorrow morning and our institutions would still work: We'd elect MPs, which then elect a Prime Minister, who nominates the cabinet, etc.

I'd prefer having all MPs being still beholden to their constituents; "floating" MPs couldn't be held accountable. Also, could an independent get elected to a "floating" seat? If not, that doesn't seem fair to me.

Ranked ballot is easy to use (just put the candidates in order), easy to understand, and makes sure everyone's preferences are taken into account when selecting an MP.