After months of debate, Simcoe County council has agreed to specify the conditions that will allow the weighted votes system.
The system won’t be eliminated after all, since many councillors argue it is fundamental to fair representation across the region.
At this Tuesday’s council meeting, members approved two procedural changes to the use of weighted voting: first, separating recorded votes from weighted votes, and second, requiring that any request for a weighted vote be made before, not after, the result of a standard vote is known.