Comments | arono: Six million wasted votes

arono

Six million wasted votes - That's not democracy

Mar 18, 2007 11:53

Representative democracy is a simple concept. Citizens elect their representatives. The majority win the right to make decisions ( Read more... )

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anonymous March 18 2007, 21:14:44 UTC

Let's hope the referendum in Ontario this fall goes well. Somehow I imagine we'll end up like BC though. 60% thresholds suck.

argilo March 18 2007, 21:15:22 UTC

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goulo March 18 2007, 22:03:18 UTC

All voting systems are broken, but some are more broken than others...

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orleans March 21 2007, 22:23:56 UTC

I kinda like the current system. There's actually a lot of drawbacks to proportional representation. They tend to produce stalemates, and it's hard to get dramatic change. We'd probably wind up with 55 consecutive years of Conservative minorities, with 45 elections in that time, for example.