Douglas Todd: The problem of 'wasted votes' under our current system

Have you ever lived in a riding in which you felt your vote was a waste, because you preferred a local candidate who had absolutely no chance of winning a seat?
I cannot count how often that’s been my fate in federal and provincial elections as a result of residing in the “safe” riding of one political party or another. I still bother to go to the voting booth, but can understand why countless people end up feeling, “What’s the point?”
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