Der Wahlreformausschuss legt der BC-Legislative den ersten Bericht mit 36 ​​Empfehlungen vor

[**Committee Report**](https://www.leg.bc.ca/committee-content/19976/Report_DEM_43-1_1.pdf) (Seriously, why don’t more news sites used direct links – its one of the key advantages of the medium!)

> **Weighted Voting in the Legislative Assembly**
> Committee Members heard from three participants who recommended
> adopting a Weighted Member Proportional Representation (WMPR) system.
> WMPR is a system which would weight MLAs’ votes on legislative matters by
> their party’s share of the popular vote. They emphasized that this system
> would ensure that each vote cast in an election would have the same impact
> on votes in the Legislature. With regards to extremism, they noted that
> since a party would have to elect at least one Member before its share of
> the popular vote is represented in the Legislature, extreme views would be > kept in check. Individuals also highlighted that WMPR would be the simplest > and fastest means of implementing PR at very little cost since no changes
> are required to electoral boundaries or the ballot.

Good to see the weighted vote proponents out. BC already uses weighted voting for some municipalities.