STV: More Links

With the referendum approaching, there's lots of activity on the web regarding STV. Here is some of what I found most interesting:

Via Lotusland, I hear that: "the ubc mechanical engineering prof behind the lovely online stv simulation at bc.demochoice.org is now trying to organize a simulated election to be held on the streets of vancouver with names of real candidates on the ballots to raise stv awareness.

he requires volunteers: the idea would be to set up 7-20 polls around vancouver either next weekend (about may 7) or the following week - say may 11. the group would then tabulate the votes and pass the results to the media for publication.

if you'd like to help out or learn more, please feel free to join the webgroup:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trythevote."

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A new improved demonstration ballot can be found here It gives you a chance to try an STV ballot as it might look in your particular riding.

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Here is a good site devoted specifically to STV in the Kamloops area including a sample (Kamloops) election and an explanation of how STV works.

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This is a well written column which covers off all the really important things you need to know about why a 'yes' vote on May 17th is one of the most important votes you will have the chance to cat as a B.C. resident.

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If you know of any other good sites, let everyone know in the comments or send me an email.

2 weeks left, time to start twisting arms - uh, I mean making good sensible arguments - to convince your friends, neighbours and acquaintances to vote yes!