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Between May 25 and August 12, we received 44 public submissions providing information and opinion about electoral systems and electoral reform in the Yukon. You can read every submission below.

All submissions to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform in 2021-2023 have been made available to assembly members. 

What we heard

Submissions in Full

Dave Brekke

Please see attached document. ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below ********************* https://www.yukoncitizensassembly.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ELECTORAL-BOUNDARIES-AND-PROPORTIONAL-REPRESENTATION.pdf

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Floyd McCormick

Summary: I believe • Yukon’s electoral system should emphasize local representation in the Legislative Assembly rather than the proportional representation of political parties. • The Yukon should adopt a single-member majority electoral system using a ranked ballot....

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Lenore Morris

I want Yukon to have an electoral system that includes and gives voice to a diverse range of views, and in which all votes cast help someone be elected. The current first past the post system not only means that, typically, fewer than 50% of votes cast go to electing...

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Gerald Haase

Collaboration rather than confrontation in governance would be a welcome shift in values. Please see my attached submission on how I feel we could achieve this in the Yukon. Thanks, Gerald Haase Marsh Lake ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below...

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Kim Melton

Collaboration and representation are two key values I would like to see in our electoral system. Collaboration by those elected to govern requires removal of incentives to be working towards the next election and responding to financial pressure (eg: donors who...

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Brigitte Parker

Trust in our electoral systems are eroding. People do not feel represented. They don't feel heard. They feel that elected officials are tending to the needs of their campaign funders instead of using taxpayer dollars to improve our collective lives. A clear way...

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Murray Munn

I'd like to see the guesswork taken out of elections. I believe here I'm thinking mostly of recent *federal* elections, when we were being 'whipped' and cajoled into strategic voting, free of course to vote how we felt most comfortable, but with...

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Ella Bradford

A strong democracy listens to all voices and is able to include respectful collaboration between parties. Our current system of winner takes all / first past the post eliminates a lot of this collaboration. A first past the post system would bring more diversity into...

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Ella Bradford

A first past the post system suppresses many minority voices. Having a system of proportional representation would allow parties to be more accurately represented in the legislative assembly, and actually speak on behalf of their constituents. A system where some...

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Stuart Clark

The credibility of democracy is under threat as increasing numbers of (mostly younger) Yukoners feel shutout by the current FPP system. Recent voting patterns reflect the desire to have a more collaborative approach to democratic governance (e.g. CASA type...

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