Revamping the Election Process

There is a lot of talk about creating a better election process but I don't see many proposals. Here is one which would be simple, effective and cost neutral.

Here are the particulars:

• We keep both a senate and a parliament but populate them differently.
• Proportional representation is done by filling sets via selecting from election participants based on the percentage of votes in each riding.
For example, if party X won 10% of the national vote they'd fill 10% of the seats. They must fill those seats based on which candidates in party X won the highest percentage of votes in their own ridings.
• We keep our current model intact as it is.
This implies that our current model of government is better than the senate. We can replace the patronage fossils in the senate with the results from our current election model.
• Proportionally elected representatives reside in Parliament.
• Traditionally elected representatives reside in Senate.
• Both houses are repopulated as a result of each national election.

This proposal is very simple, does not create additional cost or complexity for the election process, and it provides a modern and fair proportional system of voter representation. This ensures that the voices heard in government reflect the voices of society -- which is really what we are told is the basis of democracy.

I know what you are thinking. How can not have already done this if such a simple and easy solution exists? Well, it would remove a lot of power from special interest groups.

Nobody likes to let go of power, do they.