This is such BS.....if a party leader quits and happens to be the premier then it should trigger an election....

"Electronic voting" is this something new!
did we vote for premiers like this in the past!
is this going to be the "new" voting system for the next election!

Mercenary, you are confusing the system as used in many countries, including the one to the immediate south as well as west of us, in which the president, or the governor as is the case for the State governments, is voted on by the general population.

In the countries that follow the English parliamentary system, the general population does not choose the premier of provinces or the prime minister of the country. It is the members of the party who choose the leader of the party. If the party forms the government, the leader of the party becomes the premier or prime minister.

There have been several premiers and prime ministers who have not held a seat in the house at the time they were appointed. The tradition is that a junior member in a "safe" seat will resign so that the prime minister/premier can stand for election, or otherwise "rule from the hallways".

I like the system of voting which allows all members of the party to vote for the leader. That has replaced the system whereby people delegated by riding associations to go to a leadership convention were the ones voting. In other words, unless I was chosen as a delegate, I had no direct vote.

It will be interesting to see what the total vote percentage will be. In other words, we now have a system wherby you phone in your vote from virtually anywhere in the world that has no major unrest or natural disaster, while texting, or go onto a web page and vote while you are not missing chatting with friends on facebook or posting on blogs ... :-)

There is no more excuse. I expect the percentage to be relatively high even with the PIN fiasco.

I prefer election (by individual members voting) over appointment by delegates. Delegates can be swayed by whatever motives and simply ignore what riding members asked them to do.

Our senators should be elected - not appointed, for instance. How easy and democratic would it be if they were elected by the method which the BCLiberals chose for today's vote.

"...is this going to be the "new" voting system for the next election!"

Perhaps it should be as it is certainly way more democratic.

And like most things the party in power has done,this will end badly.

Whoever wins will be challenged by at least one of the losers,as they claim that the "Pin" system was flawed and should not have been used until all members had received their "pin".

Just my thoughts on this

It really does'nt matter who wins ...same party... sell B.C. off to the highest bidder.

Frankly it matters little to me, who gets elected, or how they get elected. A quick look at the Basi,. Virk; fiasco will give you some indication, as to why no one should be supporting these **bums**

We need to get to an election as soon as possible to send these people on their way. Enough is enough.

Totally agree, Palopu. They've been there too long and damaged the Province enough.

A premier should be elected by the whole province through a general election. The premier position has a virtual dictatorship and should not be appointed by the electors of one party ever and especially not through a foreign corporate vote counting process. Lets face it a general election is the election of the premier now days and very little of it has to do with the local MLA anymore.

A premier should be elected by a general election through Elections BC... otherwise we are no longer a true democracy, but rather a republic of the party in power under the rules of a foreign corporation.

In this case we are a republic of international monopoly capitalism with a globalist agenda.

RIP BC democracy.

I just voted...such an easy system. Lot's of luck to George.

Three cheers for BC democracy and the new proportional democratic voting system used by the BCLiberals!

No premier has a dictatorship, witnessed by the resignation of many premiers, in B.C. - Harcourt, Clark, Campbell and some others!

Would any of them ever resign if they were real dictators???

You wanted Campbell to go, he went and now the province will have a new leader!

What you see is what you asked for!

Now, wait until election time comes around!

BTW, even opposition party leaders resign when they see the handwriting on the wall!

How is this the death of democracy?

Campbell went after he achieved everything he wanted to achieve and he left at his own time on his own will. His power was unchallenged because the power of the premiers office is near absolute.

I agree three cheers for the transferable ballot that represents each riding equally... I'm not sure what proportional voting is though because that's not what we had.

Its a travesty for democracy to have an unelected premier... one appointed by party politics with a foreign corporation counting the ballots... until we have an elected premier from a provincial general election it is a travesty for democracy in BC, and as far as I'm concerned she is not my premier.

Would any of them resign if they were real dictators?It has or will be happening in some mid eastern countries.I don't believe any dictator would survive,if the people truly formed a united front as we witnessed in Egypt.

You'd have even MORE of a dictatorship if the Premier were directly elected than the way it's done now. And you wouldn't have a Premier becoming dictatorial now if those we elected as MLAs would stand up and represent their Constituents when it's clear they don't agree with the direction the Premier is going.