Media Releases

Who Uses a 1-2-3 Voting System? Just About Everyone.

BC-STV ballot similar to NHL, NBA, Academy Awards ... and most political parties in Canada

Vancouver, B.C. – Ever wonder how Vancouver Canuck Ryan Kesler was selected as a Selke finalist? Or, how the Academy Awards picks its top five nominees in each of its awards categories? Or, what kind of ballot political parties use to choose their leaders or local candidates?

May 5, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Second BC-STV television ad asks if voters want fair election results or more of the same
Points out contrasts between BC-STV and current electoral system

April 29, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BC-STV will make your vote count
Nearly half of BC voters denied the local MLAs they wanted in 2005

Vancouver, B.C. - The numbers tell the story when it comes to choosing a fair way of electing our MLAs. It’s a fact that more than 850,000 voters were denied the representation they wanted when they voted in the 2005 provincial election. That’s nearly half of all the voters who cast a ballot.

April 29, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New poll: is history repeating itself?

Liberal 42 per cent - NDP 39 per cent produced NDP majority in 1996

Vancouver, B.C. – Angus Reid polling numbers released today are remarkably similar to the results of the 1996 election which produced a majority government for the second place finisher and rocketed electoral reform on to the political agenda in BC.

April 28, 2009
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New TV ad launched by BC-STV campaign
Commercial reminds voters of unfair 1996 and 2001 election results

Vancouver, B.C. - The campaign to bring fair election results to British Columbia takes a big step forward
this week with the launch of a new television advertising campaign. The 30-second ad titled "Fair Results" reminds voters of the unfair seat counts that occurred after recent elections.

The television ads will begin running this week and continue until the end of the campaign.

April 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
More than 70 leading educators endorse BC-STV
All cite fair and accountable government as reasons for their support

Vancouver, B.C. - An impressive list of educators and specialists in democratic reform are joining the momentum to bring a new way of voting to BC that will restore faith in the electoral process. In universities across the province, leading academics are choosing BC-STV (Single Transferable Vote) as the best way for British Columbian voters to get the MLAs they want.

April 22, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New ad launched by BC-STV campaign
Radio commercial highlights grassroots nature of electoral reform campaign

Vancouver, B.C. - The BC-STV campaign to bring fairness and accountability to our voting system unveiled a radio ad to raise awareness of the upcoming referendum on electoral reform with British Columbian voters.

April 21, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Two more major endorsements for BC- STV
Canadian Taxpayers Federation and top Canadian businessman say yes to BC-STV

April 17, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Champions of fair voting call on BC voters to say yes to STV
Fair Vote Canada AGM shines spotlight on electoral reform

Vancouver, B.C. – Prominent Canadians of all political stripes will be in Vancouver this weekend to encourage BC voters to adopt a new way of voting that could set a new standard of fairness for elections all across Canada.

April 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Poll: 65 per cent of British Columbians support BC-STV
Younger voters overwhelming in their support

Vancouver, B.C. – The numbers are in and British Columbia voters are giving a big thumbs up to electoral reform with 65 per cent saying they will vote for BC-STV in the upcoming referendum on May 12. That is the top line result of a major survey conducted by Angus Reid Strategies. Support for a new way of electing our MLAs is particularly strong among younger voters – those 18 to 34 – at 74 per cent.

April 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Women’s advocate says yes to BC-STV

Judy Rebick to speak at women’s forum on electoral reform in BC

BC-STV campaign tops online buzz
Online momentum growing as citizens demand electoral reform
 
Vancouver, BC – As election 2009 kicks off, the BC-STV campaign for electoral reform is creating the
biggest buzz online, outpacing all of the main political parties in BC. Thousands of British Columbians
who support electoral reform have joined the campaign online creating extremely valuable social media
and fundraising networks. In fact, on the popular social networking site, Facebook, the YES for BC- STV

Historic vote can make politicians more accountable

Vancouver, B.C. – British Columbians across the province will see lawn and window signs sprouting up in their communities and experience a dynamic new website as the campaign to bring electoral reform to British Columbia begins with a bang.

Across British Columbia, people of all political stripes are joining together as part of a grassroots campaign to encourage voters to adopt the Single Transferable Vote (STV) electoral system as a made-in-BC solution to create more accountable politicians and fair election results.

On the weekend of International Women's Day, British Columbians for BC-STV pointed to the scarcity of women in Canadian legislatures as a reason to scrap the obsolete First-Past-the-Post voting system. BC-STV is the new voting system which was recommended in 2004 by the BC Citizens' Assembly on electoral reform and which British Columbians will vote on in a referendum on May 12th.

Fresh off a major conference marking the fifth anniversary of the creation of the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform, Fair Voting BC has received official notice that it will be the officially designated proponent for STV in the May 12 referendum on the new electoral system.