http://djkelly.ca/2010/05/nenshi-hawkesworth-stronger-mciver/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:49:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://djkelly.ca/2010/05/nenshi-hawkesworth-stronger-mciver/#comment-570 Aaron Holmes Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:52:51 +0000 http://djkelly.ca/?p=539#comment-570 The First Past the Post system means everybody needs to second guess each other to try to make their vote matter. Being able to rank your top five candidates would make people's votes reflect their tastes, and if their top pick was at the bottom of the pile, recount the votes with their second pick. Civic elections shouldn't be a massively multiplayer guessing game about who everyone else is going to vote for. Make the votes matter. The First Past the Post system means everybody needs to second guess each other to try to make their vote matter. Being able to rank your top five candidates would make people's votes reflect their tastes, and if their top pick was at the bottom of the pile, recount the votes with their second pick. Civic elections shouldn't be a massively multiplayer guessing game about who everyone else is going to vote for. Make the votes matter.

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