Articles on electoral reform on blogsite Montopedia
Produced by Tom Monto 2023
my blogs also listed/indexed on these blogs:
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In these blogs I point out
weaknesses of existing FPTP,
need for proportional representation in a democracy,
possible replacement electoral systems, and
my preference for STV (preferential voting in multi-member districts)
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In particular, subjects covered by blogs include:
Weaknesses of FPTP
- 2019 Alberta election
- 2019 federal election
- Alberta NDP under-represented since its founding in 1961
- 2018 Ontario election
City of Edmonton electoral reform
-- ease of grouping wards to make multi-member districts
-- new single-member wards for 2021 will make little difference -- still many votes
will be wasted; minorities, not majorities, will be represented
History of Canadian governments changing electoral systems
Variety of electoral systems that Canadian governments have used
How do we bring about electoral reform?
Multi-member districts
(all forms of PR use multi-member districts/at-large elections. This alone has benefits whether you use party-list PR, STV or SNTV.)
- Multi-member districts are key to having a range of candidates and representative legislatures
Proportional representation (a family of systems including party-list pro-rep and STV)
Single Transferable Voting (STV)
STV - what it is and how to make it happen now!
- how it works
- Sandford Fleming's 1893 book Essays on the rectification of Parliament
Catherine Helen Spence
- history of use of STV in Canadian history
- Edmonton city elections 1923-1927
- Election of Edmonton MLAs 1924-1955
- 1926 Alberta provincial election
- Election of Edmonton and Calgary MLAs in 1948
- Alberta provincial elections 1924-1955
- Manitoba provincial elections 1920-1952
- Winnipeg city elections 1920-1960s and 1970s
- Canadian cities (20 Western Canadian cities used STV in 150 elections)
- Why was provincial STV dropped in Alberta and Manitoba?
Australia and STV Tasmania and STV Catherine Helen Spence 2020 Australian election
Alternative Voting (AV) (also known as Instant-Runoff Voting)
"Attack on Preferential Voting based on shaky grounds"
- history of use of Alternative Voting
- BC elections in 1952, 1953
- New York City has adopted AV as of 2019
- Aspen, Colorado used quasi-AV in 2009 -- "total schmozzle"
- Maine has adopted AV for elections of congressmen, STV affected 2018 outcome
- London, Ontario adopted AV, forced by Ontario Ford government to give up AV
Party-list pro-rep
-- Ranked ballots versus party-list pro-rep
Single Non Transferable Voting
* SNTV pretty proportional and much more so than FPTP
* SNTV allows diversity of candidates and representatives
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[Guide to keywords:
preferential voting = ranked ballots = single transferable votes = Alternative Voting or STV
Preferential Voting = Alternative Voting
Single Transferable Voting (STV) = PR-STV, STV-PR
FPTP = First Past The Post
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January 2023
Proportional Representation Review
Edmonton municipal electoral reform
Switzerland
Europe list PR
Alberta electoral reform
Alberta provincial elections
Alberta elections
Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta NDP
Edmonton
Calgary
based on party vote across the province
Alberta Views
Klein led false-majority governments in 1993 and 2004
Alberta elections
Edmonton
Calgary
mostly-artificially-created rural-urban divide but actually should say Edmonton-Calgary divide
Liberal PM's broken promise allows FPTP to still make problems for us
Europe electoral reform
MMDs
Canadian elections
Federal elections
Canadian electoral reform
MMD DM STV
Portland Oregon
municipal electoral reform
U.S. electoral reform
STV
https://montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/math-is-funny
New Zealand MMP
Canadian elections
federal elections
Canadian electoral reform
FPTP
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