Tagged as voting system

Citizens in British Columbia are set to decide on their voting system. Here is what you should know …

4 Jun 2018

Back in May 2017 I brought you the story of the British Columbian general election which had seen no party get half the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Canada’s Westernmost province, leading to a deal between the New Democratic Party and the Greens set on electoral reform. Read more from the Electoral Reform Society here…

Local elections: diverse voices are being drowned out by the undemocratic voting system in England and Wales

4 May 2018

Democratic Audit: England’s local councillors are elected under a First Past the Post electoral system with multi-member wards. As a result, Chris Terry argues, the results will be strongly non-proportional and so the system needs to be reformed.