We’re one week from election day, various polls are showing a very close race for mayor and people are freaking out about the low turnout so far after advance voting week.
About the only outcome you can predict at this point is that almost every candidate will win without picking up a clear majority of the votes cast.
This will happen because of a known bug in the Canadian electoral system. It’s the person who gets the most votes who wins, not the person who crosses the majority-has-spoken threshold.
This is why a candidate – whether for mayor or council – should include election reform on their platform and set themselves apart from their opponents.
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