There is a growing movement for electoral reform in the province of Nova Scotia and the non-profit Springtide Collective is at the lead. Springtide used Ethelo to engage several hundred Nova Scotians in evaluating different options for democratic reform. Ideas proposed ranged from instituting term limits for provincially elected officials, to lowering the voting age, and changing the voting system. After floating close to twenty ideas, the results of Ethelo then became the basis of the organization’s research priorities and deep exploration of specific policy options, based on the proposals participants expressed most interest in exploring further. WHO Springtide Collective, convener of the Make Democracy Better project GOAL Bridge the gap between Nova Scotians and

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