[fvc-wat-disc] PR in the news

[Paul Nijjar]

Bolivia moved from List PR to MMP to FPTP, which is not a good
narrative from a FVC perspective.

- Paul

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 08:38:32AM -0500, Dave Arthur wrote:
> I guess I can imagine a PR country that operates completely with closed list PR where there is no local choice at all of candidates could look at FPTP.
> Not exactly a stampede.
> Would be interesting to know which country in Latin America and the circumstances.
> 
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> Dave writes: 
> 
> > Name one country that has or is even thinking of going the other way.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivian_constitutional_referendum,_2009
> 
> I am pretty sure there is at least one other country in Latin America
> that has moved from List PR to FPTP, but I am having trouble tracking
> it down. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 08:49:03AM -0400, Dave Arthur wrote:
> > Yes, Andrew has been a big advocate for some time.
> > Chantal has also been an advocate.
> > It’s most unfortunate that the naysayers put out so much misinformation.
> > It’s even more unfortunate that too many people believe them.
> > Pointing at Italy and the few countries that have had dysfunction is not a good argument.
> > In addition to pointing out the inaccuracies, I feel one of the best arguments for PR is that NZ, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland to name a few have moved from FPTP to PR.
> > Dave A
> > 
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