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Fair Vote Canada council election - must be a member by Feb. 28 to vote
Fair Vote Canada National Council election is coming!
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In April, members in good standing of Fair Vote Canada will be eligible to cast votes and run for office in the election of FVC’s National Council. Members will use the single transferable vote (a proportional voting system) to elect candidates to fill seven seats on the 15-seat National Council.
FVC Toronto chapter calls for voting reform in Toronto
The FVC Toronto chapter is calling for the adoption of a fair and proportional voting system for Toronto.
On February 11, chapter member Camille Labchuk was one of 17 presenters at an Ignite-style public event hosted by VoteTO.
Election projections throw light on Gordon Brown’s phony electoral reform scheme
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is proposing an electoral “reform” that just happens to give his party more advantage and would likely create “more distorted outcomes than first-past-the-post”, according to projections presented in The New Statesman.
If his Labour government is re-elected, Gordon Brown promises a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV), sometimes called Instant Run-off Voting.
FVC supporters spread the word on fair voting at January 23 rallies
Fair Vote Canada members and supporters were out in force at the January 23 anti-prorogation rallies, spreading the word about the need for electoral reform.
Volunteers were carrying signs, distributing flyers and gathering signatures on the FVC Declaration of Voters' Rights.
John Deverell fantasizes about Ignatieff conversion
How will we get electoral reform on the national agenda? FVC treasurer John Deverell suggests one scenario in "Canada goes democratic in 2010: A fevered fantasy?" See article at rabble.ca.
FVC sends open letters to Harper and opposition leaders: it's time to fix the problem
Fair Vote Canada sent and issued open letters to the Prime Minister and opposition leaders - now is the time for action on electoral reform.
Letter to the Prime Minister
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
House of Commons
Parliament Buildings
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
Re: Prorogation and Re-examination: Cut to the Chase S’il Vous Plait
Dear Prime Minister Harper:
On Wednesday you said you ended the current Parliament (without its approval) to give your government an extended opportunity “to re-examine the overall agenda.”
132 political scientists call for action on the democratic deficit
As the controversy over the proroguing of Parliament continues, Fair Vote Canada announced today that 132 Canadian political scientists from 36 universities and colleges have co-signed a statement calling for federal electoral reform within the next five years.
Among the 132 political scientists signing the statement are 10 professors emerti, the President-elect of the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA), six former presidents of CPSA, the current Secretary General of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and a former Secretary General of IPSA.
Pollster says online voting and proportional representation could dramatically increase voter turnout
Frank Graves, President of Ekos polling, said "online voting combined with proportional repesentation could dramatically increase the engagement of under-45 Canada and frankly reshape the political landscape."
Quoted in the Globe and Mail, Graves was commenting on an EKOS poll which asked respondents about the best ways to increase voter turnout. The top two items were online voting with 33 per cent and proportional representation with 29 per cent, both well ahead of mandatory voting with 23 per cent and public education campaigns with 16 per cent.