Before I start my blog for the day, I'd like to congratulate Pope Benedict XVI on his election as pope of the Roman Catholic church, that being said. I want to talk about the BC-STV, in British Columbia May 17th, the people will vote for a new government and on a referendum that basically would change the way people would vote in the province. The proponents of this system believe the election would be more fairer, easier and more choices. However their are many flaws with this voting situation.
What will people do in the next election?
What about those voters who are elderly and for all their life have just had to check an x in the box every time they went to vote, do you know how much time it would take just to tell these people the new system? I also find BC-STV completely confusing myself and would rather see Instant Runoff Voting implemented
Endless Minority Governments
This is the biggest negative of BC-STV, the vote will almost always result in a minority government and would force people back to the polls every certain amount of years, Instant Runoff voting like in Australia has worked very well and has never yet elected a minority government under that system.
Way too confusing
Canadians are simple people and we all have to put up with bureaucracy in the government, This radical change in voting would make people have no clue about what they are doing, it's almost like they have to learn how to vote again. An X beside a check box is a lot easier then going through a ranking process. Though the average person can do this, What about seniors? I said seniors because I am unsure they will not know what is going on. The majority of Canadians want to vote for one specific party and not have to go through a rediculous ranking process!
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