PSCI 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gerrymandering, Compulsory Voting, Real Change
12 Dec 2016
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Lecture 7 elections and the electoral system. Malcolm rowe: new supreme court justice. There are 338 electoral districts in canada: electoral districts also called: constituencies, ridings, seats. Single-member plurality system: whoever gets the most votes in a riding, wins, other (cid:448)otes are (cid:862)(cid:449)asted(cid:863, example: Cartier wins the seat with 33% of vote. Three main alternatives: alternative vote (av) australia lower house. Voters rank all candidates: single-transferable vote (stv) australia upper house. Voters rank multiple candidates: mixed-member proportional (mmp) new zealand. Two votes; one for constituency; one for party. Who can vote: extension of the franchise. 1970: 18-20 year olds (previously age 21) 1988: judges and people with mental disabilities. People not resident in canada for 5+ years (controversial: new government said it would look into it but has not) Greater procedural restrictions (id, etc. : possible further extensions. Since they pay taxes and use services. Found in some european countries at municipal. Could establish voting habits before leaving high school.
