rendo on 20 September 2007
| stof said: Sadly, there's almost no chance of that passing. Despite governments getting majority rule with less than 40% of the vote sometimes, the reform requires 60% overall AND over 50% in 64 electoral districts to pass. Just like in BC where the majority voted for reform, but it didn't pass because it didn't meat the arbitrarily high 60%. It's amazing just how undemocratic an attitude they are taking towards democratic reform. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_electoral_reform_referendum%2C_2005#Results
57.69% of the vote is very impressive. However, their system was never fully explained. MMP is in use by many nations around the world, and its foundations are widely known. I fully expect this reform to pass, but if it doesn't life will go on. If it does though, I can see it spreading its way across the country.
