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So This STV Thing... How's it Work?

April 29, 2009 02:42 +0000  |  British Columbia Politics STV 7

So I've been hearing a lot of comments about how hard-to-understand STV is (cough)Stephen(cough). Specifically, the complaint has been that while the method of voting is easy (just rank your favourites), the counting system is too complicated to be considered democratic. Seriously people, it's really easy to understand. Here it is, in all its cartoony glory:

How BC-STV Works

Stephen, feel free to use this in your class :-). As far as credit goes, I'm afraid I'm not that talented. The animation was produced by the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform.

BC-STV Television Ad

April 28, 2009 01:43 +0000  |  British Columbia Politics STV 0

Everyone knows that if you want people to hear about something, the best place to start is Television. The BC-STV campaign has recently produced this ad in the hopes of drawing more attention to the upcoming referrendum and they need your help to get it on the air:

Granted, it's not big on the details, you have to go to the website for that, but that's not what a 30second spot is for. The idea is to get you interested enough to talk about it with your friends and do your own research and I think that this video does it well.

Please visit the donations page and send them $5, $10 or even $100 if you're so inclined to help this thing get on the air.