Gummy Bears for BC-STV

a brief history about how the BC-STV (single transferable vote) came to be and how it works

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[tinfoilknight]

Those other two countries have a system which has no local representation and is based purely on a party vote system so if you get 2% of the vote nationwide you get 2% of the seats.

[tinfoilknight]

Shukria123, I guess if you were in North Korea you would say democracy is a bad thing because of what happens in Italy and Israel. Obviously since they elect people any form of election is bad. Please understand that BC-STV was designed to weed out extremest parties by requiring a significant amount of local support. Somewhere between 12-20k votes to get elected.

[TheVanGirl]

This is very clear. Good video!

[carcar2110]

That is so cute, and it really does explain the BC-STV system quite well! I'm only 14, and I can't vote, but if I could, I most definitely would vote for it, now knowing what exactly it is! Here's hoping that it'll be passed this year! :D

[NORTHERNKONFLIKT]

great to study for poli sci. thanks

[cyclingzealot]

I did think about it. I don't like an electoral system which wasted 51% of all votes in the last federal election.

[xikun]

Now I want Gummy Bears....

[jimdandypicker]

Thankfully STV is dead. now we dont have to listen to idiots with gummi bears anymore. The people who support STV are the same people that "could see" the emperor's new clothes... think about it.

[ReeferMadness33]

Shukria123, you are either dishonest or misinformed. There are scores of countries around the world using proportional representation and they aren't all like Israel or Italy. The systems are very different and the political cultures have a role to play. Please educate yourself before you post more of this nonsense.

[Shukria123]

Ok, fair enough: it's not fair to compare BC politics to the Palestine/Israel conflict; one involves mortars and rockets, and the other does not. But that's not my point. My point is that STV is very similar to how they elect their representatives to the Israeli Knesset, and this is what concerns me. Too many parties are in the Knesset(or the Italian parliament) and chaos reigns.

[Shukria123]

Maybe it's an insult to BC politics to equate it to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict because the P/I conflict is so much worse. However, how can it be an insult the other way around? How can it be an insult to the Palestinians and the Israelis to equate the P/I conflict with BC politics when the BC politics is so much milder?

As far as BC political campaigning being more mild than US politics, I'm not so sure; some of the NDP television attack ads on Gordon Campbell are pretty darn nasty..