Tuesday, April 7, 2009

News Items - April 7

CKNW: STV supporters are back again
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)

The campaign to change how British Columbia votes kicked-off Sunday.

Supporters of the Single Transferable Vote system are hoping the May 12th election will mean an end to the first past the post system. The system involves a preferential ballot, where voters would pick their top three choices.
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Georgia Straight: Lack of civic education leads to political apathy: Kwantlen political scientist
By Pieta Woolley

B.C. high schools barely teach students about the province’s political system, according to Gregory Millard, a Kwantlen Polytechnic University political science instructor.
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Nelson Star: MLA hopefuls cast ballots
By Darryl Pollock
April 6th

This election, voters will cast their ballots choosing not only MLA’s, but also how future ballots should be cast.
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Alberni Valley News: Smarties, pucks fly in STV battle
by Tom Fletcher
April 6th

Another election campaign is getting underway in B.C., one where the politicians are likely to stay out of the way.
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In Kamloops This Week, the Parksville Qualicum News and the Cariboo Quesnel Observer this week, readers heard from spokespersons on both sides of the debate: Nick Loenen of British Columbians for BC-STV, and David Schreck of Not to BCSTV. Here is the editorial debate:

David Schreck: STV makes politicians less accountable
April 4th

Changing how we vote for MLAs won’t change politics for the better — and it might make it worse.
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Nick Loenen: No wasted votes under system
April 4th

In 2004, the B.C. legislature, with all-party consent, unanimously created a Citizens’ Assembly, consisting of one woman and one man from each constituency, to recommend to British Columbians whether to keep our voting system or accept a new way of electing MLAs.
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Barriere Star Journal: BC-STV: Fair results and stable government
This article also appeared this week in the Salmon Arm Observer.
Op-ed article by Nick Loenen
April 6th

On May 12, British Columbians will keep the old system or accept BC-STV, a new way of electing MLAs as proposed by the Citizens’ Assembly. The assembly was guided by three basic values: Fair Results, Effective Local Representation, and More Choice. How does BC-STV yield fair results?
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