On procedure and politics

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Is FPTP unconstitutional?

I confess that the following story, which began in 2004, flew completely under my radar – much to my chagrin. I only learned about this yesterday, but now that I am aware of it, I do plan to follow this case very closely. A legal challenge has been launched by a group in the province [...]

Most common AV-related questions

(Updated: 4 May 2011) (Do you have a specific question regarding how to vote under AV or how the vote is counted? Click here.) The aim of this post is to offer short, to the point answers to the most common issues readers from the UK seem to be looking into, based on the keyword [...]

AV in Canada

(You may also be interested in this post for a summary of the most common questions being asked about AV.) This blog has been getting quite a few hits from people searching for information about when the Alternative Vote was used in Canada. The Alternative Vote (AV) has never been used nationally for federal elections [...]

A few thoughts on the monarchy

With all the focus on the AV referendum in the UK and the general election here in Canada, I’ve not had a chance to write anything about another event that’s in the news quite a bit. Of course I am referring to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29. I [...]

Some useful links for Canadian Voters

Here are some links that might help you make up your mind how to vote in the May 2 2011 election. I will update this post if/when I come across more useful links. Party Platform Comparison So far, only the Globe and Mail has provided readers with a comparison of the party platforms on major [...]

The 1985 Liberal-NDP Accord

(Note: if you’re looking for information about what types of government might emerge following a hung (minority) parliament election result, you may be interested in this post, this post and this post. Also, there was no Liberal-NDP coalition in 1985 – it was a Liberal minority government with supply-confidence support from the NDP, as will [...]

Post requests

I regularly review the key word search information that brings people to this blog, and lately I’ve been trying to write posts that address some of the concerns people seem to have (assuming I don’t already have something on the blog that addresses the issue). If any readers, Canadian, UK or others, are looking for [...]

Will AV cost £250-mn?

(You may also be interested in this post for a summary of the most common questions being asked about AV.) UPDATE: The No side admits it used made-up figures. One of the main arguments the No2AV side has advanced is that the UK simply cannot afford to switch to AV, citing costs of £240-250 million. [...]

AV and fringe parties

(You may also be interested in this post for an overview of how First-Past-the-Post distorts elections results and makes it more difficult for smaller parties to win seats.) Despite the release of studies (such as this one by the IPPR) that have concluded that AV will not help fringe parties or extremist parties win seats [...]

Comparing Party Platforms (Canada – Federal)

(Note: This post is about the platforms of the FEDERAL parties that were running in the May 2011 FEDERAL election. If you are looking for party platform comparisons for the 6 October 2011 Ontario provincial election, please see this post. If you are looking for platform comparisons for the 4 October 2011 Manitoba provincial election, [...]

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