PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDERS TO VOTE NOVEMBER 28 ON NEW PROPORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (www.vivenewbrunswick.com)
The PEI government has set November 28 as the date when islanders will decide in a plebiscite whether to replace first past the post voting with a mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system. Electoral Reform Commissioner Norman Carruthers proposed the MMP system in a report sent to the Premier in December 2003.
PEI will become the second province to vote on a new proportional voting system.
British Columbia held the first referendum on May 17 with 57% of the voters supporting the proportional voting system proposed for that province.
The Carruthers MMP proposal for PEI has received high marks from Fair Vote Canada.
For more details on the FVC assessment of the proposed MMP system for PEI and proportional voting systems proposed in three other provinces:
www.fairvotecanada.org/updir/provsystems-march305.pdf.
For more information on the PEI reform process, visit: www.electoralfuture.pe.ca.
2 comments:
I believe that most New Brunswickers are like me? They truly don't understand this issue! It is pretty confusing!
Does BC have proportional representation?
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