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One Vote Part 3

“One vote more then everyone else and you’re everything. One vote less then anyone else and you are nothing.” Barry Aulis

This is the logic of the First Past The Post electoral system. See the post One Vote below.

Windsor Tecumseh Lakeshore – Ontario

With the Dual Electoral System 3 candidates would have been elected in this Riding, the Conservative, Liberal, and NDP candidates. Depending on how the other 4 candidates transfer their votes the Riding’s 3 MPs would have the following votes when the House of Commons is in legislative session.

Kathy Borrelli: 32,090 to 33,812

Irek Kusmierczyk: 32,086 to 33,808

Alex Ilijoski: 4,240 to 5,962

The other 4 candidates would transfer their votes to one of the above or do no transfer and those votes disappear and don’t count towards the passing of legislation in the House of Commons.

Again “try it before you buy it” form the House Advisory Council composed of the top 2 candidates in each Riding with the 3rd and 4th if they got 5% of the vote. The remaining candidates transfer their votes to one of the candidates from their Riding who did get elected. They also have the option of no transfer in which case those votes disappear and don’t count towards deciding what bills get passed in legislative session.

If the Dual Electoral System was adopted reduce the number of Ridings to 300 giving you 600 to 1200 MPs of which only 300 sit in the House these are the Sitting Members of the House the rest are Non Sitting Members of the House. You could half the number of Ridings to 150 giving you 300 to 600 MPs of which again 300 would be Sitting Members and the rest being Non Sitting Members.

The Original version of the Dual Electoral System had the top 2 in each Riding being elected and the rest transferring their votes to one of these elected candidates. Hence if you keep the same number of Ridings you will double the number of members. Keep the same number of MPs and you half the number of Ridings thus doubling the number of voters each has and increasing their area covered.

One Vote Part 2

“One vote more then everyone else and you’re everything. One vote less then anyone else and you are nothing.” Barry Aulis

This is the logic of the First Past The Post electoral system. See the post One Vote below.

Terra Nova – Newfoundland & Labrador

With the Dual Electoral System 2 candidates would have been elected in Terra Nova the Liberal and Conservative candidates. Depending on how Liam Ryan transfers his votes the Riding’s 2 MPs would have the following votes when the House of Commons is in legislative session.

Anthony Germain: 19,704 or 21,381

Jonathan Rowe: 19,692 or 21,369

Liam Ryan would transfer his 1677 votes to either Germain or Rowe or do no transfer and those votes disappear and don’t count towards the passing of legislation in the House of Commons.

Again “try it before you buy it” form the House Advisory Council composed of the top 2 candidates in each Riding with the 3rd and 4th if they got 5% of the vote. The remaining candidates transfer their votes to one of the candidates from their Riding who did get elected. They also have the option of no transfer in which case those votes disappear and don’t count towards deciding what bills get passed in legislative session.

If the Dual Electoral System was adopted reduce the number of Ridings to 300 giving you 600 to 1200 MPs of which only 300 sit in the House these are the Sitting Members of the House the rest are Non Sitting Members of the House. You could half the number of Ridings to 150 giving you 300 to 600 MPs of which again 300 would be Sitting Members and the rest being Non Sitting Members.

The Original version of the Dual Electoral System had the top 2 in each Riding being elected and the rest transferring their votes to one of these elected candidates. Hence if you keep the same number of Ridings you will double the number of members. Keep the same number of MPs and you half the number of Ridings thus doubling the number of voters each has and increasing their area covered.

One Vote

“One vote more then everyone else and you’re everything. One vote less then anyone else and you are nothing.” Barry Aulis

This is the logic of the First Past The Post electoral system and the recount in Terrebonne literally just proved that statement!

With the Dual Electoral System 3 candidates would have been elected in Terrebonne; the Liberal, Bloc, and Conservative candidates. Depending on how the 3 remaining candidates transfer their votes, the Riding’s 3 MPs would have the following votes when the House of Commons is in legislative session.

Tatiana Auguste: 23,352 to 25,966

Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné: 23,351 to 25,965

Adrienne Charles: 10,961 to 13,575

My own Riding of Compton-Stanstead would have the same result; the Liberal, Bloc, and Conservative candidates being elected with the NDP, Green, and People’s Party candidates transferring their votes to one of the 3 elected candidates.

Again “try it before you buy it” form the House Advisory Council composed of the top 2 candidates in each Riding with the 3rd and 4th if they got 5% of the vote. The remaining candidates transfer their votes to one of the candidates from their Riding who did get elected. They also have the option of no transfer in which case those votes disappear and don’t count towards deciding what bills get passed in legislative session.

If the Dual Electoral System was adopted reduce the number of Ridings to 300 giving you 600 to 1200 MPs of which only 300 sit in the House these are the Sitting Members of the House the rest are Non Sitting Members of the House. You could half the number of Ridings to 150 giving you 300 to 600 MPs of which again 300 would be Sitting Members and the rest being Non Sitting Members.

The Original version of the Dual Electoral System had the top 2 in each Riding being elected and the rest transferring their votes to one of these elected candidates. Hence if you keep the same number of Ridings you will double the number of members. Keep the same number of MPs and you half the number of Ridings thus doubling the number of voters each has and increasing their area covered.

Little nugget

An interesting statistical nugget from the election, the combined Liberal / Conservative vote in 2021 was 67% with the Conservative’s holding 51%. The Conservative’s got 34% of the vote to the Liberal’s 33% of the vote in that election.

This election the Liberal / Conservative vote was 85% of the total with the Liberal’s having the majority at 52%. The Liberal’s got 44% to the Conservative’s 41% of the vote.

More interesting is the increase of the combined share of the vote. The two Parties share went from 67% to 85%, an 18 percentage point increase. The Liberal’s went up 11 points, the Conservative’s 7 points, meaning the Liberal’s got 60% of this increase in the combined vote.

Lost in the crowd

84 candidates in the last by-election, this is a bigger joke then Justin Trudeau. Hello! Liberals, past time to ditch this dude. Here’s how to get the candidates for an election in a 3 month process.

First month, by the 15th any person on the voter’s list for the riding can pay the registration fee and declare that they’re a candidate or nominate someone who is also on the riding’s voter’s list. Also by the 15th the top 2 candidates in the last election can declare they are running again and are automatically on the ballot. This incumbency is vested in the people and not the Party. By the end of the month those who got nominated must accept being a candidate.

The first endorsement period lasts till the end of the second month where anyone on the voter’s list may publicly endorse one of the candidates including any incumbent. If there is no incumbent running the top 8 most endorsed go to the second endorsement period that lasts till the end of the third month. If one incumbent is running then the top 7 most endorsed go on and if both incumbents are on the ballot the top 6 endorsed non-incumbents go to the second endorsement period.

The second endorsement period lasts till the end of the third month. No incumbents running it’s the top 6 endorsed candidates who get on the ballot. One incumbent it’s the top 5 non incumbent candidates and both incumbents running the top 4 non incumbent candidates make it to the ballot.

The 6-5-4 rule is you want choice without fragmentation. Not too many candidates and not too few. 6 candidates where you want a popular choice, 4 candidates where you want to know the candidates better for an important office, and 5 candidates for a mid-range choice.