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Society & Government

Elections & electoral reform platforms

Here's what the 2023 PEI election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Elections & electoral reform.

Green

  • Implement proportional representation

    "Legislate proportional representation, based on the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly." — 2023 Election Platform, 2023-03-23

  • Lower the voting age to 16
  • Allow permanent residents to vote in municipal and school board elections
  • Regulate political party spending and information gathering

    "○ Require financial statements outside of elections.

    ○ Regulate loans.

    ○ Create privacy requirements for personal information collected by political parties." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-18

  • Create Citizens' Assemblies to advise on important issues

    "Create Citizens’ Assemblies to tackle important issues. The first of these would be proportional representation. From there, this assembly would get to work on issues such as climate change, housing, rural governance, poverty, and other issues of importance to Islanders." — peigreens.ca backgrounder, 2023-03-18

We don't have any Liberal policies on Elections & electoral reform.

NDP

  • Make voting and voter registration easier
  • Make election dates public holidays
  • Lower the voting age to 16
  • Start a Citizen's Assembly on Electoral Reform to examine alternatives to first-past-the-post

    "Launch a Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform to examine alternatives to the first-past-the-post system, and issues such as low voter turnout." — NDP Platform 2023, 2023-03-09

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