[fvc-wat-disc] Essays on Voting Systems

[lanickerson at b2b2c.ca]

Thanks for this, Bob - these articles are fabulous! They are going to help me
understand and explain things with more confidence. How do I contact Paul? I
don't think I have his email anymore. I would like to put some of his articles
into a handout or chapbook to give to people interested in learning more about
MMP.

Anita

Quoting Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>:

> Hi all:  At last week's event someone asked me what those different voting
> system are all about. Paul Nijjar, an active member of Fair Vote Waterloo in
> 2007 did considerable research into the system known as "Mixed Member
> Proportional", which he published the summer before the 2007 provincial
> referendum on electoral reform. MMP is the system proposed by the Ontario
> Citizens' Coalition to replace the existing First Past The Post system. Of
> course, the 2007 referendum outcome was not in favour of change.
>
> In one article Paul lists a glossary of voting system types, which might be a
> good place to start if you just need a quick overview of the different
> systems ( http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/26695.html ). The other articles
> give in-depth information into the Mixed Member Proportional system.
>
> --Bob.
>
>
> MMP 102: Coalitions vs. Minority Governments
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/21516.html
>
> MMP 102: Three Party Systems and Bob Rae's Government
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/21860.html
>
> MMP 102: MMP vs. Parallel Systems
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/22127.html
>
> MMP 102: Effects of the list seat ratio
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/22521.html
>
> MMP 102: Power Diffusion
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/22619.html
>
> MMP 102: No Confidence Votes and MMP
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/23002.html
>
> MMP 102: Effects of the 3% Threshold
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/23271.html
>
> MMP 102: False Dichotomies
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/23307.html
>
> MMP 102: Party Life Cycles
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/24316.html
>
> MMP 102: Why Closed Lists?
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/24378.html
>
> MMP 102: A Tired Rehashing of Identity Politics
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/24675.html
>
> MMP 102: Party Hackery in Three Paragraphs
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/25303.html
>
> MMP 102: What do List Members Do?
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/25597.html
>
> MMP 102: Contradictory Arguments
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/26614.html
>
> MMP 102: Glossary (aka Lazy Entry)
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/26695.html
>
> MMP 102: Are people happier under MMP?
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/28087.html
>
> MMP 102: Things that will annoy you
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/28648.html
>
> MMP 102: Why vote for MMP?
> http://pnijjar.livejournal.com/28827.html
>
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Anita
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