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<DIV>Maybe you are right. for what it might accomplish toward PR.</DIV>
<DIV>But I think it’s an awful crap game. </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks, as always.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sharonsommerville@gmail.com
href="mailto:sharonsommerville@gmail.com">Sharon Sommerville</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 23, 2018 7:57 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org
href="mailto:fvc-wat-announce@listserv.thinkers.org">Fair Vote Waterloo Region
Announcements</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [fvc-wat-announce] Has the electoral reform egg
cracked?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Good Morning <SPAN tabIndex=-1 id=:3yg.1>FairVoting</SPAN> Friends,
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<DIV>Last night was a historic evening on three fronts! London, used a
ranked ballot to elect its municipal government. A totally amazing moment.
Cambridge and Kingston both returned wins (yes, wins!) on their municipal
referendum questions to use ranked ballots for future municipal elections.</DIV>
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<DIV>Using ranked ballot to elect municipal politicians is a small &
important step in the right direction. While ranked ballot by itself, isn't a
form of Proportional Representation, voters will understand that electoral
reform isn't a crazy, radical idea. If ranked ballot is applied to voting
for four city councillors, it would become a form of Single Transferable Vote
which is a form of Proportional Representation.</DIV>
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<DIV>Congratulations to all the activists for their hard work and voters who
believed that better is possible: way to go!</DIV>
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<DIV>All the best,</DIV>
<DIV>Sharon</DIV>
<DIV>for FVC-WR</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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