Electoral Reform

[Jester]

In today's news I finally saw the headline I have been waiting some time to see. :w00t:

I will get to cast my vote for some long overdue electoral reform. :D

The First Past the Post system (FPP) in use throughout North America is antiquated and has (over and over again) given us governments that do not reflect the popular vote. The Mixed Member Proportional system (MMP) that is recommended will do much to improve that problem. I have followed the issue of electoral reform for years now, watching as it s l o w l y has been working its way through the procedural gymnastics needed to get itself to my ballot box. (I just did a search on this board, and I am on record discussing this back in 2004.:rolleyes:)
And, next fall, I will have my chance to change my world - for the better. :cool:

I'm glad they're going ahead with this.

Alberta could sure use something like that. A majority of people *didn't* vote for the Tories last election, but yet the opposition is an almost laughable minority of barely 25%. FPTP skews the numbers dramatically, almost halving the strength of the opposition. And those numbers are much better than the previous legislature, where the opposition did slightly worse on election day, but dramatically worse in result.

-Jester