Our Electoral System Hurts Green Party Voters
Are Green voters second-class citizens? Then why support an electoral system that treats them that way?
The following graphic IS drawn to scale! It illustrates the difference in weight (importance) between a vote cast for either the Conservative or Liberal parties in the 2006 federal election and a vote cast for the Green Party.
The following graphic IS drawn to scale! It illustrates the difference in weight (importance) between a vote cast for either the Conservative or Liberal parties in the 2006 federal election and a vote cast for the Green Party.
 A Conservative Voter |
 A Liberal Voter |
 A Green Party Voter |
Don't believe us? Do the math. It only took 43,000 votes to elect one Conservative or Liberal MP but it took well over 600,000 votes to elect a single . . . wait a minute . . . not one single Green Party MP was elected even though enough Green votes were cast to have elected 15 Conservative or Liberal MPs. This means we'll have to redraw the graphic (sorry!). Here it is below:
A Conservative Voter |
A Liberal Voter |
 A Green Party Voter |
There, that's much better isn't it . . . well, isn't it? OK, enough sarcasm. If you agree with us that the way our electoral system treats some voters as much more important than others is disgracefully undemocratic why not help us work toward a better, fairer system?
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News and Events
FVNS Table Confirmed for Green Party National Convention
Fair Vote Nova Scotia will have an information booth and a speaking spot at the Green Party of Canada Convention in Pictou from September 19th to 21st. This should be a great opportunity to make our pitch, sign up some members, and hopefully get some donations. The GPC has agreed to provide the table space for free.
FVNS President Interviewed by The Coast
Halifax's website recently interviewed FVNS President Derek Simon as part of a story on the impact of the electoral system on environmental policy. It is entitled "A vote for sustainable government" and the subtitle is "Nova Scotians put the environment at the top of their political concerns. So why does our first-past-the-post system continue to fail us?" The author was Chris Benjamin. Check it out.
November 25, 2007
A refounding meeting of Fair Vote Nova Scotia was held at Saint Mary's University. Professor Lori Turnbull gave an interesting and informative presentation on electoral reform followed by a lively discussion. Members present elected a new Exective consisting of:
Click here to email the entire executive.
FVNS Table Confirmed for Green Party National Convention
Fair Vote Nova Scotia will have an information booth and a speaking spot at the Green Party of Canada Convention in Pictou from September 19th to 21st. This should be a great opportunity to make our pitch, sign up some members, and hopefully get some donations. The GPC has agreed to provide the table space for free.
FVNS President Interviewed by The Coast
Halifax's website recently interviewed FVNS President Derek Simon as part of a story on the impact of the electoral system on environmental policy. It is entitled "A vote for sustainable government" and the subtitle is "Nova Scotians put the environment at the top of their political concerns. So why does our first-past-the-post system continue to fail us?" The author was Chris Benjamin. Check it out.
November 25, 2007
A refounding meeting of Fair Vote Nova Scotia was held at Saint Mary's University. Professor Lori Turnbull gave an interesting and informative presentation on electoral reform followed by a lively discussion. Members present elected a new Exective consisting of:
Derek Simon (President)
Click here to email the entire executive.
The Parties
Below are links to pages we have prepared showing how our present electoral system hurts the supporters of each major party.
Below are links to pages we have prepared showing how our present electoral system hurts the supporters of each major party.