Each and every one of them is recommending an erroneous suggestion, which could alter your democratic right to be heard
Today I completed filling in my ballot for
the Referendum Vote – and NO, I did NOT “Vote
One and Done”, as the BC Liberal Party is recommending you do. In so doing, each and every one of them is recommending an erroneous suggestion,
which could alter your democratic right to be heard, and to have a say in any
future voting system we may have for the next provincial election!
Todd Stone, Peter Milobar, and every other BC Liberal MLA in the province –- including their leader Andrew Wilkinson -- want you to believe that the Electoral Referendum, currently underway, is complicated ... IT IS NOT.
Todd Stone, Peter Milobar, and every other BC Liberal MLA in the province –- including their leader Andrew Wilkinson -- want you to believe that the Electoral Referendum, currently underway, is complicated ... IT IS NOT.
Day after day, you are hearing the BC Liberals
tell you the referendum is complicated – and that is likely having you wonder,
‘How can Alan possibly say it isn’t?’.
I can, because for starters, there is plenty of
unbiased information available at Elections BC … and secondly, if you check out this short 4 minute 28 second video, I can guarantee you’ll see the simplicity
of the referendum questions. And after that??
Take another 32 seconds to mark your ballot,
and stuff it in the envelope. Then? You’re done, and all in 5 minutes or less.
It IS simple – It IS easy -- and to be quite
honest, even NDP MLA, and Cabinet Minister, Melanie Mark will be able to
understand it.
Now once
you do watch the video, and as you prepare to mark your ballot, please consider
selecting Rural Urban as your choice of which Proportional Representation
option you prefer. That is my one and
only request, and here’s why.
I
believe this will best protect the smaller rural regions, and communities of
our province, by maintaining their existing ridings, and having one MLA to
represent them. Meantime, larger Urban Ridings
will use a ranked ballot to select their MLA of choice. It also permits them to rank their choice
from the one they would most wish to represent them … down to the least, with
as many choices as they care to make. (IE: First Choice, Second Choice, Third
Choice, etc)
Best of
all --- you can answer Question #2, even if you do vote to retain our First
Past the Post (FPTP) system. If you don’t do
this, and the vote to switch to Proportional Representation (PR) wins the day, then
you’ll have thrown away your opportunity to have a say.
Incredibly,
that is what the BC Liberal Party is telling you to so. It’s wrong, completely
wrong, and I will continue to say so!
Protect
your democratic right on how you will be able to vote, and remember it’s NOT ... “One and done!
It's ... Choose Two, because
it’s the right thing to do!”
In Kamloops, I'm Alan Forseth. If you have a thought on this commentary, I hope you will share it directly below in the Comments Section of the blog
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