Fair elections proposed for Vancouver City Council

Written By Dave Meslin

Vancouver's Independent Election Taskforce presented their final report today calling for Proportional Representation for City Council elections and recommending a randomly-selected Citizens Assembly to design the new system.  

The report covers five core recommendations:

A. ADOPTING A PROPORTIONAL VOTING SYSTEM
B: REFORMING CAMPAIGN FINANCING
C: INCREASING VOTER TURNOUT
D. MAKING ANONYMOUS BALLOTING DATA AVAILABLE IN OPEN DATA FORMAT
E. CONDUCTING A PILOT FOR ONLINE VOTING

Download the full report here.

Dave Meslin
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