[fvc-wat-disc] [fvc-wat-announce] Has the electoral reform egg cracked?

[Kevin Smith]

Um yeah.  Municipal turnout is always low.  If they accept the election
result, then they should accept the people's voice in the referendum,
whether binding or not.

Kevin.


On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, 6:27 PM Jonathan Cassels, <cassels.jon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for pointing that article out, Evan. I'm working on getting it
> corrected right now.
>
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 17:38, Evan Rosamond <erosamond at worldline.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's CBC's slant on it:
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/low-voter-turnout-spoils-cambridge-s-vote-for-ranked-ballots-in-2022-1.4874304
>> Someone's lying to the CBC. It's silly to suggest that London can have
>> ranked ballots without a referendum but Cambridge can't have ranked ballots
>> because they had a referendum.
>>
>> On 10/23/2018 12:09 PM, Catherine Campbell wrote:
>>
>> Thank goodness the voters voted yes in those cities. Thanks for telling
>> us, Sharon. Cathe Campbell
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Sharon Sommerville <
>> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jenn,
>>
>> Cambridge Times reporter, Bill Doucet, wrote one article prior to the
>> election.  He spoke to the CityClerk and Barry Kay but didn't contact us.
>> His article wasn't the greatest.  He contacted me last night after we sent
>> out a press release to say that the results aren't binding.  I invited him
>> to do a follow up on the result and he hasn't responded.  Will have to
>> pester them.  Expect that Luisa may write something in the next day or so.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> S.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:04 AM Jennifer Ross <2jennross at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried to find anything on Yes Cambridge last night.  I discovered
>>> Kingston was a win.  NOTHING could I find on Cambridge.  Thanks for that
>>> good piece of news.
>>>
>>> Jenn
>>> Bookkeeping Services
>>> 519-501-2736
>>> No other Western democratic country concentrates as much political power in
>>> the hands of one person as Canada does with her Prime Minister.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 7:57 AM Sharon Sommerville <
>>> sharonsommerville at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good Morning FairVoting Friends,
>>>>
>>>> Last night was a historic evening on three fronts!  London, used a
>>>> ranked ballot to elect its municipal government. A totally amazing moment.
>>>> Cambridge and Kingston both returned wins (yes, wins!) on their municipal
>>>> referendum questions to use ranked ballots for future municipal elections.
>>>>
>>>> Using ranked ballot to elect municipal politicians is a small &
>>>> important step in the right direction. While ranked ballot by itself, isn't
>>>> a form of Proportional Representation, voters will understand that
>>>> electoral reform isn't a crazy, radical idea.  If ranked ballot is applied
>>>> to voting for four city councillors, it would become a form of Single
>>>> Transferable Vote which is a form of Proportional Representation.
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations to all the activists for their hard work and voters who
>>>> believed that better is possible: way to go!
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Sharon
>>>> for FVC-WR
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