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To: AntiGuv
Canada has held national referendums in the past. There is increasing dissatisfaction with the Westminster single member district plurality electoral system. It allows one party to win a legislative majority with as little as 38% of the vote. That is not democratic. Ontario is expected to follow suit soon with its own referendum on ditching the system.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
3 posted on 05/19/2005 10:09:01 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

I don't have a problem with the objective. I lean toward agreeing with it. I just find it odd when you can hold a referendum on something just six months after the same topic was defeated.


4 posted on 05/19/2005 10:11:55 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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