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When governments get 100 per cent of the power from just 40 per cent of voters, something is not right.

Election after election, a minority of voters get to decide our government and then that government gets a four-year dictatorship. It’s minority rule, plain and simple. And it’s unfair and undemocratic.

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Is it any wonder people from across B.C. feel disenchanted with our democracy and distrustful of politicians and political parties? Is it any wonder that voter participation has been in a steady decline? And is it any wonder that young people, in particular, don’t see the point in voting?

This fall, British Columbians have the opportunity to change all that.

The opportunity to choose a new way of voting that works for you, no matter where you live and no matter what your political views. The opportunity to make your vote count.

I love voting and feel good when I do it. But like British Columbians in almost 70 per cent of the province, I live in a so-called safe seat. The outcome of the vote in my riding is determined regardless of how I cast my ballot. My vote doesn’t really matter. I’ve got a diverse group of friends and neighbours who support various political parties — Liberal, Conservative, Green, NDP — and yet they too know their vote often doesn’t count.