Bill 80, Local Choice for Local Elections Act (Ranked Ballot By-Laws), 2021 receives First Reading
Last week, MPP Mitzie Hunter's Private Member's Bill has received First Reading. MPP Hunter reintroduced her bill, declaring "After...
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Engage Barrie
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Staff Memo re: Election-related matters
Hi everyone! There’s a Staff Memo re: election-related matters on today’s Circulation list that may be of interest to many, especially...
Engage Barrie
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Ranked Ballots back on the table!
Local Choice for Local Elections Act has been tabled – contact your MPP to give your support. Yesterday, MPP Mitzie Hunter tabled a...
Engage Barrie
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballot Success – but keep talking to your MPP!
Happy to announce that Ann-Marie Kungl's Ranked Ballot item passed in General Committee tonight, Thank You, City Councillors! Assuming it...
Engage Barrie
- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots – asking the province to bring back the option for municipalities
Earlier this month, the Provincial government proposed a bill that ELIMINATED the ability for municipalities to choose how best to select...
Engage Barrie
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots - FREE Crash Course
From Dave Meslin: Sooo... Doug Ford's government has proposed a complete ban on ranked ballots in Ontario. (Even though he was elected...
Engage Barrie
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots (and Engage) in the news
Ranked Ballots – and Engage Barrie's thoughts about the province's proposed bill to eliminate our choice about them – is in the news...
Engage Barrie
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballot Elections In Jeopardy!
In summer 2020, the City of Barrie agreed to make ranked ballots a referendum question in 2022 – joining a group of cities working...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 29, 2020
- 1 min
Tonight! Ranked Ballots Zoom Panel
Tonight! Brandon Rhéal Amyot and Alyssa Wright will be updating folks on Engage Barrie's progress with our ranked ballot voting...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 29, 2020
- 1 min
Video of Ranked Ballot panel available
If you missed the Ranked Ballot panel for Unlock Democracy Canada tonight, the recording is still available at...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots - Livestream Campaign Update!
Tuesday, September 29 at 7:30pm, join Unlock Democracy Canada for a livestream campaign update. As voting reform continues to spread...
Engage Barrie
- Sep 22, 2020
- 1 min
Happy Gender Equity Week!
Happy #genderequity week! Our friend Dave Meslin has shared a wonderful reminder of why we pushed Barrie City Council to consider ranked...
Engage Barrie
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots interview for Barrie Advance
Chris Simon spoke with Engage Barrie's Jennifer van Gennip about Ranked Ballot Elections for the Barrie Advance 'It's not this fringe...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots: Barrie residents get to decide!
Thanks to everyone who contacted their councillor. It was decided that the issue of Ranked Ballots would be put to a referendum question...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots – CELEBRATE!!!!!
Tonight, City Council voted unanimously to hold a referendum on Ranked Ballots during the 2022 Municipal Election (meaning whether to...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 14, 2020
- 1 min
Why Ranked Ballots? Podcast
Dave Meslin and Jennifer van Gennip join Michael Speers on "Struggle in the Suburbs" to discuss why making that change is the right thing...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballots – Keep talking to your Councillor!
Monday night (5pm), City Council meets to give a final vote on whether to ask staff to gather more information on Ranked Ballots. If your...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballot Report – Author Credits!
We've finally managed to get in touch with everyone who contributed writing our report on Ranked Ballots (did we mention we're a...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballot Elections - keep talking to your Councillor!
Please continue to talk to your Councillor about Ranked Ballot Elections, especially if they seemed to be "on the fence" in last night's...
Engage Barrie
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
Ranked Ballot Success!!!
Success!!! Council has voted to send the report back for some further clarification and consideration of the social/democratic benefits...
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