[fvc-wat-disc] MMP on the radio

[marcia.soeda at ontariocitizensassembly.ca]

Hi Adam,
I was one of the Assembly members and we did talk about voter turn out and if it
would improve under the proposed MMP system. Yes, it has been proven that by
changing to a MMP system it did help improve voter turn out in New Zealand and
other MMP systems around the world, also it improve the woman's vote and the
minority vote. 
Marcia Soeda  

On Sat Sep 15  8:08 , Adam Glauser <adamglauser at wlualumni.ca> sent:

>There are two CBC radio shows that I often here on my way to and from 
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>work, "Metro Morning" and "Here and Now" respectively.  They are each having 
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>the major parties' leaders in for interviews.  I thought some might be 
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>interested to know that MMP is being discussed (albeit breifly) during these 
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>interviews.  You can listen to past shows to hear what each leader has to say 
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>at http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning and http://www.cbc.ca/hereandnow.
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>Yesterday, Howard Hampton was on "Here and Now", and while he was making some 
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>pro-MMP arguements, I'm not sure they were all accurate.  For one, he 
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>suggested that moving to MMP would greatly improve voter turnout, which as I 
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>understand it is not supported by evidence from other MMP jurisdictions.  Can 
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>anyone clear this up for me?
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