[1] A second referendum in 2009 on adopting the STV system also failed to pass carrying 8 electoral districts and 39.09 percent of the overall vote.
In December 2002, Gordon Gibson submitted his report, recommending an assembly composed of randomly selected citizens, two from each of the province's 79 electoral districts.
[4] Assembly members were selected by a civic lottery that aimed for balance by gender, age group and geographical distribution of the population.
However, the provincial government at the time required the referendum to attain a super-majority to pass, including: With the first condition unmet, no change ensued.
[3] Michael Pal noted that had the decision been made to set a threshold below 60 percent, that the measure likely would have passed.
[9] James Fishkin argued that because the process was not public, and was not widely understood, that the recommendations did not carry as much weight as they otherwise would.
[11] According to André Blais, Kenneth Carty and Patrick Fournier, members of the assembly appeared dissatisfied with BC's current electoral system, while surveys of the public indicated it to be relatively satisfied.