<div dir="ltr">As the plebiscite is non-binding and with a turn out of 36% and change, the legitimacy of the result could be challenged.  That having been said, it is a major shift away from the 2005 referendum results & the genie is out of the bottle. If the provincial government wiggles out of change, the issue isn't going away and the trajectory is clear.  More a matter of, who will be first?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Dave Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthurd23@bell.net" target="_blank">arthurd23@bell.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Remember what the BC government did with a 58% yes vote for STV.<br>
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I will be v interested to see what the government in PEI does w this result.<br>
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David<br>
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On Tue, 11/8/16, Sharon Sommerville <<a href="mailto:sharonsommerville@gmail.com" target="_blank">sharonsommerville@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] PR WON IN PEI !!!<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinker<wbr>s.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinker<wbr>s.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thi<wbr>nkers.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thi<wbr>nkers.org</a>><br>
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 2:07 AM<br>
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Hello Everyone Who Cares About<br>
Democracy in Canada!<br>
<br>
The results are in from the plebiscite in PEI and it is a<br>
win for PR!<br>
<br>
Here is the report from the Charlotte Town Guardian.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2016-11-07/article-4681472/Islanders-choose-MMPR-in-plebiscite/1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/N<wbr>ews/Local/2016-11-07/article-4<wbr>681472/Islanders-choose-MMPR-i<wbr>n-plebiscite/1</a><br>
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This is an important win for all of us because the ERRE<br>
committee has been<br>
watching this plebiscite as a gauge for public sentiment on<br>
electoral<br>
reform.<br>
<br>
Thanks to Matthew Piggott for letting us know.<br>
<br>
 Congratulations to the hard working electoral reformers on<br>
PEI who have<br>
been working for months and months for this win!<br>
<br>
Thank you PEI!<br>
<br>
Happy days,<br>
Sharon<br>
for FVC-WR<br>
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