Waterloo Region Council Election Discussion

[ijmorlan]

To focus on the ranked ballot system, the regional election is the PERFECT system to try this out.  They're foolish for not doing it.  With multiple people being elected, why not try.

Also there isn’t the distraction of potentially making larger changes, such as proportional representation. I think first past the post should be replaced universally with instant runoff; but a lot of people think of current system, ranked ballot, and proportional representation as being 3 alternatives, when in reality ranked ballot is a minor but important tweak to any system that involves voting on alternatives.