1. Mississauga City Council will be discussing ranked ballots tomorrow. đŸ—łïž Here are some reasons why they should move forward with reform! #ONpoli #Mississauga
3. First-past-the-post elections tend to deliver binary races, with only two front-runners. Look at these charts to see what happened in London Ontario, when they switched to ranked ballots!
4. Despite all the fear mongering about costs, London's experience shows us that ranked ballots only cost about $2 per voter for the first year of implementation, and roughly TEN CENTS per voter for future elections. That's small change, for big change!
5. Ranked ballots are already used all across Canada, by every political party, to elect their own leaders. It's also the fastest spreading reform in North America, with recent adoption by New York City and the entire state of Maine! Here's the ranked ballot used by @CPC_HQ:
6. Lastly: Guess which voting system Mississauga city councillors use when THEY vote to choose an interim city councillor? (HINT: It's not first past the post 😉)
7. So if runoff voting is good enough for #Mississauga council to use, if it's proven to increase diversity + choice, if it's easy to use + affordable, then why WOULDN'T council move forward with such a small + simple reform? Here's what London voters say:
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