@[email protected]M to Fair Vote [email protected]English • edit-23 months agoWe need to hold the powerful few accountablelemmy.caimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down14
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 months agoYes it is, further our current premier made it illegal for municipalities to use other voting systems because he doesn’t want people to understand them (London was going to use ranked iirc)
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevillinkEnglish2•3 months agoWhy would the political leadership change an election system in a way that would hurt their odds of winning reelection?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-23 months agoHe’s provincial not municipal The system was going to be for council/mayor and he made it so they don’t have authority to change their own systems
Yes it is, further our current premier made it illegal for municipalities to use other voting systems because he doesn’t want people to understand them (London was going to use ranked iirc)
Why would the political leadership change an election system in a way that would hurt their odds of winning reelection?
He’s provincial not municipal
The system was going to be for council/mayor and he made it so they don’t have authority to change their own systems