Back to the drawing board for electoral reform backers - National Post

Back to the drawing board for electoral reform backers:

This week's referendum on electoral reform in British Columbia effectively sounded the death knell for the single transferable vote (STV) proposal, a now twice-rejected system whereby voters would rank candidates on their ballot in order of preference and seats would go to those with the highest overall rating.

Voters soundly defeated the proposal in Tuesday's referendum, with only about 39% of residents voting in favour of STV -- significantly short of the 60% required for the proposal to pass.