To the editor:
Is this a democratic voting system? Why do I ask?
Close to 50 per cent of people failed to vote; so the question is why?
Well for one, we cannot elect the premier directly as we do the mayor; what kind of democracy is this?
Party leaders have to gather 50 per cent plus one vote to win the party leadership race. So why do our local representatives only win with first past the post, some with as little as 30 per cent of the vote?
So here is the clincher, after the election the premier says, “I will be the first woman to run this province...”
Really? (Sounds like a self-proclaimed dictator.)
What happens to all the elected representatives? Those who voted for the New Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Conservative Party total some 63 per cent of the vote, clearly the majority did not vote for one colour of the truth, and only some 24,000 people vote for Kathleen Wynne.
Congratulations to our local MPPs, Bill Mauro with a majority of the vote for those who voted and Michael Gravelle also with a close to majority of the vote, in his riding.
Between the two they got more votes than the premier of this province, so hopefully when they sit down at the table to vote, they too will be part of the group that runs this province?
Hopefully in the next election, we can vote directly for the premier, and all people in the assembly will have an equal and free vote to vote as they so choose, without the fear of calling another election.
With more than 50 per cent not voting one possible message is 'none of the above' and 'not this system.'
Spoiling your vote can be a mistake, and rejecting your vote calls attention to what exactly you are voting for.
Perhaps next time there can be some changes including the category 'none of the above' as well as the separate column for premier.
The truth is not left or right, it is not a colour of a political truth, it simply is!
Caesar J. B. Squitti,
Thunder Bay
