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I Oppose Mixed Member Proportional Voting
| 9/21/2007 | Posted by Patti under Ontario Election |
On October 10th Ontarians will be asked not only to elect their government for the next four years but to vote on whether to change our current first past the post system of elections to one called mixed member proportional. We will have two votes that day, one for each.
I’ve spent some time reading a range of websites on the subject of the referendum. One of the frustrations I’ve had with the first past the post system has been that my one vote determines both local candidate and premier. In many cases the local is preferred but the leader isn’t or vice versa. Election day means determining which is my stronger preference.
In theory, the mixed member proportional (MMP), which Ontario is voting on, would provide me with separate votes for local candidate and the premier. So, why am I going to vote against the referendum?
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