Submissions are now closed
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 will be shared with Assembly members ahead of the August 24-25 Gathering. The Assembly will also review submissions to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform in 2021-2023.
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
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...