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Preserving Ranked Ballot Elections

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The decision

2020-11-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on November 25 and 26, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to respect local decision-making with regards to local elections and withdraw its amendment to the Municipal Elections Act as it relates to ranked ballot elections.

The vote

Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 13-11

For (13)Ana Bailão, Brad Bradford, Gord Perks, Jennifer McKelvie, Joe Cressy, John Filion, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll
Against (11)Anthony Perruzza, Cynthia Lai, Denzil Minnan-Wong, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, James Pasternak, Jaye Robinson, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Stephen Holyday
Absent (1)John Tory
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As the city filed it

On October 20, 2020, the Provincial government tabled Bill 218, Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020. This Bill revokes the framework in place as part of the Municipal Elections Act to allow municipalities to elect Council members using ranked ballots. As the level of government that most directly interacts with residents everyday lives, municipalities are best positioned to decide whether ranked ballots make sense in their jurisdiction.

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Several Ontario municipalities have already completed significant work to proceed with ranked ballots. The Government of Ontario should respect that work and the will of those people and their elected representatives. In Toronto, Council has voted several times on the matter of ranked choice voting, most recently, to proceed with the consultations required under the current framework for the use of ranked ballots for the 2026 election. The rationale that ranked ballots will interfere with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic surely does not apply.

Staff recommended

Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the Government of Ontario to withdraw its amendment to the Municipal Elections Act as it relates to ranked ballot elections.

Considered

  • 2020-11-18 · Executive Committee · forwarded without recommendation

    Decision as filed

    The Executive Committee submits the Item to City Council without recommendation.

  • 2020-11-25 · Toronto City Council · amended

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