Sunday, October 14, 2007

"Voters Roundly Reject MMP"

The article discusses how the mixed-member proportional in Ontario was voted against by over half of the voters. Supporters of MMP argue that Elections Ontario didn't do enough to inform the voters of what they were voting on. "It appeared many voters simply didn't get the information they needed to decide," said a supporter of a mixed-member proportional in Ontario.

If the entire voting population was not informed of the situation, then the results were skewed. Many voters against the MMP argue that since more than half of the voters voted against, then the result is clearly a no. But if the population was generally well-informed about the new system, would've the results been different? Maybe, maybe not. Anyways, since (apparently) most of the voters WEREN'T well-informed, the vote can not be viewed as what the voters do want.

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