Our current system does not guarantee that the most popular candidate actually win, as smaller parties and independents can often pull off enough voters from one candidate to allow a less popular candidate to get elected.

Sometimes, candidates in Canada win with as little as 30% of the vote. This is because we use a system called "first past the post" which does not require candidates to win a majority of the votes, only more votes than the next person.

For instance, in 2000, many blame Ralph Nader with pulling enough of Al Gore's votes to cause George W. Bush to win. As a result, voters often feel they have to choose between voting for their favourite candidate and voting for someone who is more likely to win.

This is bad for democracy and worst for voters.

It creates strategic voting campaigns in which voters are instructed to vote for "anyone but" rather than voting for the person or party of their choice.

Some political parties spend more time trying to scare voters into voting for them rather than promoting their own values and plan.

No wonder voters opinions of politicians have gone down hill and fewer voters are voting.

Political campaigns have often become full of personal attacks that are meant to discourage voters from voting.

Small parties with good ideas are often never given a chance by voters who are more afraid of splitting the vote than voting with for their values.

And with the rare exception, we almost never see independents elected, as voters are too often afraid to waste their votes.

Choice voting will fix this
• Guarantees the most popular candidate wins.
• Allows voters to cast a protest vote as well as a legitimate vote.
• Removes negative, strategic voting campaigns.