Conservative voices for ranked ballots in

In June 2013, voted 26-15 in favour of asking the province for permission to use ranked ballots. Residents of Toronto are now hoping that all parties at Queen’s Park will work together to pass Bill 166, “!e Toronto Ranked Ballot Elections Act”. Here are some conservative voices in favour of this proposal:

“All I’d like to see is far more turnover and candidates who are sent to City Hall by the majority of their residents. Run-off voting is a step in the right direction.” “By changing the voting system, the election would result in a candidate being selected by a greater than Sue-Ann Levy 50% majority of voters and therefore would be the most representative of the will of the people.”

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“Our whole system is broken. We shouldn’t be the victims of a system that makes winners out of losers. There is a better way “The ranked ballot would be a vast to do this. It’s called improvement over the status quo” Instant Runoff”

Jerry Agar Andrew Coyne Friendly Elections. Fair Results. Request to Examine Alternate Methods of Electing the

Moved by Councillor , seconded by Councillor Mike Feldman. Submitted to City Council on August 25 and 26, 2010

“The City of Toronto is the largest city in Can- ada and the Mayor of Toronto receives the - da. As Toronto is such a heavily populated metropolis, the race for Mayor can be high- ly contested with many candidates, high

To ensure that the individual who is elected is representative of the majority of voters in the City, the Municipal Elections Act should be altered to state that the race for Mayor should be decided by a form of voting that represents a result of 50% + 1. This will ensure that the Mayor has a mandate and the support of a majority of those who voted.

- ronto, the election would result in a candidate being selected by a greater than 50% majority of voters and therefore would be the most representative of the will of the people.”

Instant Runoff Voting. A small, simple change to make Toronto’s elections more fair, diverse, inclusive and friendly. 123Toronto.ca Toronto should switch to run-o! voting system 4VF"OO-FWZt.POEBZ.BZUI

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