[fvc-wat-disc] letters or comments needed

[ARI DAIGEN]

I just sent the following one.

Best,

Ari

"The upcoming referendum on electoral reform is a tremendous opportunity to 
make a better democracy in Ontario. Unfortunately, many are confused by or 
worried about the proposed new voting system.

Many people, such as Dave Echlin (Letters, Sept.27) have been misinformed 
that the proposed Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) system would create 
"appointed" members of Parliament. They need not worry.

Under MMP, everyone would have two votes. One would be for a local 
representative. The other would be for a provincial party. Additional 
members of Parliament would be added so that each party's share of seats was 
equal to its share of the provincewide vote. (This is far more 
representative than the present system, which continually elects "majority" 
governments with far less than 50% of the vote.)

The additional members would not be "appointed", but would come from party 
lists, so if a party's share of the vote entitled it to five extra seats, 
the top five candidates on that party's list would get seats. Party lists 
would be made public before the election, just like local candidates are 
chosen in advance. Voters will know who is on each party's list, and may 
vote for or against parties based on this."


>From: Richard Fairman <richard.fairman at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: FVC Waterloo Region Discussion 
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>To: Fair Vote Canada Wat Disc Group <fvc-wat-disc at listserv.thinkers.org>
>Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] letters or comments needed
>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:51:56 -0400
>
>
>http://www.lfpress.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?x=letters&p=10498&s=letters 
>Hello All I am trying my best to refute these London Free Press(see above 
>link) "MMP appoints members" arguments in Letters to the Editor but I could 
>use some help with other people's letters.  There are places at the site to 
>comment and make rebuttals.  ThanksPeaceRick
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