New voting system in British Columbia
From: Brian white (gaiatechnician_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 11/10/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:54:34 GMT
in the province of BC Canada, (Province is like a state in USA) a group was
set up to see if a better voting system was appropriate. The group was
citizens picked at random (though first vetted so that there were no
political people among them). Anyway, that group took 10 months and
reviewed hundreds of electoral systems. They finally decided
(Overwhelmnly!) on a method called single transferable vote. This is the
system that has been used in the republic of ireland for the last 80 years.
The group of ordinary citizens is called the citizens assembly. Anyway, my
guess is that as it comes up to the time of the referendum to decide to use
the new system, there are going to be very many people interested in the
system (there are 30 million Canadians). A java applet could be used to
explain the system or better, to use the system online with multiple choice
surveys. I am not joking, the system is really simple to use (I lived in
Ireland for 35 years) and I believe it to be ideal for surveys,
questionaires and perhaps for finding business concensus Business
applications willl surely follow! Get there first
Brian White
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