BC hat versucht, sein Wahlsystem zu ändern, ist aber gescheitert. Könnte ein weiteres Referendum stattfinden? – Eine jahrzehntelange Debatte wurde durch Empfehlungen eines parteiübergreifenden Ausschusses neu entfacht
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-proportional-representation-recommendation-9.6997214
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Not to out myself too much, but I presented an in-person submission to the Special Committee in the summer advocating for a mixed STV-Ranked Voting system. Multimember electoral districts and urban and suburban areas (4-8 MLAs per district) and single member districts in rural areas. The advantage of this over the other methods is that it’s precisely the same ballot design for all electoral districts, but maintaining rural electoral districts without further enlarging them or reducing directly elected MLAs to make up the necessary party list seats that various forms of mixed-member proportional representation would involve.
Not to get too preachy, but a big part of why our quality of life has gone downhill over the past few decades is that we give up on good ideas way too easily. Real change takes political will and sustained effort, and sometimes you take two steps back before you take one step forward. Electoral reform is absolutely worth pursuing at both the provincial and federal level. So what if we tried before and it didn’t land? Figure out what worked, what didn’t, regroup and try again.
This is one of the reasons the right keeps racking up wins while the left spins its wheels. Look at the UCP in Alberta. They have been slamming their heads into the pipeline wall for over a decade. Garbage people stay committed to their garbage goals for as long as it takes. Good people should bring the same energy to good things, whether that’s electoral reform, taxing wealth, building homes or peace in the middle east. Try, fail, learn, try again.