If you’ve had the chance to listen to my show, you’ll note that we don’t’ cover politics regularly.  It isn’t that I don’t like politics, but rather that I don’t feel I have enough background in the area of public policy to ask effective questions on my toes.  So I stick with what I know, business, marketing, technology, relationships, etc.

Note: If you haven’t listened to my show, I hope you’ll take a few minutes and explore my website to see if there’s something that interests you.  I’ve learned a TON in the last year from it and listeners tell me that they have too.

But I have a problem as a voter during this provincial election.

I’m looking at the STV (the single transferable vote) that’s being proposed here in British Columbia.  And I have some questions.

But first, a little background on the STV as I understand it (and the issues behind it).

The goal of a new voting system is to improve the relationship between what the public votes for and the results that they get in a legislative body. (If I’ve gotten this or anything else wrong here, feel free to correct me by leaving a comment).

The proponents of the STV say that the system will prevent voter disenfranchisement and create more proportional results in our legislature.

Critics say that it is confusing and overcomplicated and won’t result in more proportional representation.

I’ve researched it using the following websites, which unfortunately is more than what I believe most voters will do.  That is not a proclamation of superiority, but rather an admission that this is more research than I did on the subject before I voted on it in the last referendum on the issue.

BC-STV Electoral Reform

No STV

This website shows what the current election would look like under a BC-STV system: Try BC-STV

After my research, I feel confident that I can explain the concept, but I have some nagging doubts that I need some answers to.

I’ve broken up all of the questions into separate posts – click here to see them.