Choice Voting Blog

In his "State of the State" address today, Governor Schwarzenegger called for redrawing district boundaries in a nonpartisan way. See for example this San Francisco Chronicle article from last week. His proposal is good, but there are deeper solutions worth supporting.

For instance, British Columbia's Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform recommended a proportional system for their provincial government. They currently use single-member districts just like California. Last October, after 11 months of study and public input, they recommended electing their representatives from large multi-member districts using choice voting. This both (1) increases citizen representation and (2) makes district lines moot. Their decision was nearly unanimous: 146-7.