ranked ballots

905 Round Up – Del Duca Makes a Statement, and the Tories have Boundary Issues

On: October 21, 2021

In: 905er Podcast Episodes, Hamilton, Hamilton (Region), Regional

This past weekend, Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca made a bold proclamation. Declaring that ranked ballots would be returning not just as an option for Ontario municipalities, but will be the way we elect our provincial legislature going forward.

Progressive Conservative Minister of Municipal Affairs Steve Clark is inserting himself into Hamilton’s Boundary Expansion debate. Why does a Minister need to write Op-Eds in favour of expansion when it is up to the municipality to make that call?Read More …

17: Mayor Meed Ward Makes the Case for Ranked Ballots – and Halton’s Letter to the Public Health Officer

On: October 29, 2020

In: 905er Podcast Episodes, Burlington, Halton, Milton

With last week’s stunning news that the province intended to take away municipalities right to consider ranked ballots, we reachedRead More …

16: Jesse Helmer Helms our Chat on Ranked Ballots

On: October 27, 2020

In: 905er Podcast Episodes

Jesse Helmer, deputy mayor of London, discusses the province’s decision to ban ranked ballots out of the blue. Why did the province want to take this power away from municipalities? Did the province consult anybody? Did they even speak to anybody in London?Read More …

Dave Meslin – Fixing Democracy in the 905

On: September 15, 2020

In: 905er Podcast Episodes

Dave Meslin has been the most prominent voice encouraging the adoption of ranked ballots in municipal elections, something that both Burlington and Mississauga are currently considering. His book “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” is an essential look at both the massive systemic problems with how our democracies currently work, and the well established solutions that already exist, if we can only have the courage to adopt them.Read More …