Vote STV elections not single-member exclusions. STV elections, not single member exclusions nor list appointments. Summary. The consensus of the Ontario Citizens Assembly was for a proportional count, as seems to be the case among submissions so far. Then, the key question is: do all the voters get a preference vote (as with Single Transferable Vote, STV) or is a preference vote granted only to the privileged, who rank candidates on Party Lists, including in the Mixed Member Proportional system, MMP? I agree with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly recommendation of the Single Transferable Vote for proportional representation with its democratic preference voting, that can rank choice of candidates from the same and different parties, to transcend divisions for a desired degree and kind of national unity. If the Citizens Assembly decides STV is the best system for Ontario, its less sparse population, than in BC, might justify a marginly more proportional representation. References, to this Guidelined Submission, link to my original submission, on the web page, Citizens Assemblies of Canada choose a voting system. To sugar the pill, that review has appropriate color paintings and monochrome engravings of pioneer Canada! Questions from Assembly members are welcome. (E-mail:
[email protected]) Contents: ● The mandate ● Order and proportion are essential to electoral system. ● Principled recommendation: STV. ● The official briefs paradox that no one right method is the one right method. ● The fallacy of pre-emptive voting methods. ● Farewell. ● Appendix 1: on some mistakes in the brief. ● Appendix 2: on a further unconstitutional veto effected by the double-60 referendum threshold ● References.