Pair Vote - Strategic Voting for 2008 Canadian Federal Election

Are you a neglected and abused citizen who yearns to be represented in Parliament, only to be turned away because your vote elects no one?
OrphanVoter.ca is a campaign launched by Fair Vote Canada to reach out to these neglected voters. This is a fun and informative site that has all kinds of stats on how [...]

Holy cow. In Elizabeth May’s words:
“I’d rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous,” she said.
So determined is May to keep Harper from power she also told the Star she wants Liberal Leader [...]

Once the election is over, vote reform will disappear from the headlines. We have 3 more weeks to build awareness through healthy, informed dialogue. The best stories are the ones you already know - your personal story, how the voting system has let you down, time and time again. The collection of voter stories on [...]

It seems pair voting is now one of the hot stories at this point in the election. I’ve gotten over a dozen requests for interviews over the past week,
Pair vote tour, coming to a town near you:

Sudbury. Interview with CBC Radio One Sudbury tomorrow (Friday Sept 19) at 7:15 am. I’ll be explaining how pair [...]

democraticSPACE is reporting that the polls show the Conservatives are close to a majority government early on in the campaign.
Every time I read numbers like this, I want to scream, I mean our outdated voting system is a national disgrace. Compare numbers:
NDP @ 17.5% gets 8 fewer seats than the Bloc @ 8.6%
Greens get *no* [...]