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 to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform in 2021-2023 have been made available to assembly members.
What we heard
Submissions in Full
Mary Amerongen
Proportional representation is necessary for every vote to count. The proportion of votes for a party should be reflected in the proportion of seats that result. That is only fair. * There are different kinds of PR. Whatever is the simplest would work best I think. If...
Keith Tegart
I do not want to change from our current system. There are many, many unforeseen risks associated with the various proportional systems. If everyone that is working so hard to undo our current system would instead get involved in our current electoral system we would...
Tanya Handley
I am very concerned about the effects of climate change and the dire consequences of not changing the path we are on. The countries that have been most effective at taking climate action use proportional voting systems. Even better, those countries tend to perform...
Daniel Sokolov
Proportional Representation means fairness. Every voter's vote would have equal weight. However, ballots must be simple, otherwise they frustrate voters. So a ranking system is not a good choice. Two options are viable to upgrade our current system: Proportional...
Colleen McCarthy
I want to be able to vote for whom I believe to be the best person for the job, rather than being forced to vote strategically to keep the extremes of the right a nd left from getting into power. I also want the percentage of votes to reflect t the percentage of seats...
Terry Wilkinson
Leave as is, the system is working, maybe not the best for some people but better than what could come out of a change ********** File Upload (if any) will appear below *********************
Karen Mckenna
I would like to see more collaboration between different parties to address issues of common interest. I would like to see more parties and more interests represented in our legislative assembly, that would be possible with proportional representation. First past the...
Judy Harwood Dabbs
Please find attached a letter to the editor submitted to the Yukon News and Yukon Star that appeared last week in both papers. It outlines my hopes for a more representative voting system for the Yukon. Thank you for the opportunity to comment. Judy Harwood Dabbs...
Jean-Paul Pinard
We live in a world with more choices in products and services. Even the political parties in Canada offer more choices to their members during their elections for leadership. We should have more choices when we vote for our politicians. We should have the ability to...
Eleanor Millard
Proportional representation gives minority parties and independent candidates a better chance of winning seats which means the legislature would explore the views of all voters, not just the First Past the Post winner. The FPTP system is unrepresentative, as...