That's the date recommended by the Electoral Future Commission for a
plebiscite on whether P.E.I. voters want to see the current electoral
system redesigned.
Commission chairman Leonard Russell says the recommendation has been passed on to the provincial government, which will make the final decision.
Norman Carruthers led the electoral reform commission that has suggested moving to a mixed-member proportional system.
He says the debate over reforming the current first-past-the-post system has been raging for years.
Carruthers says no system is perfect but that the mixed-member scenario best blended the current system with the change that voters want.
Commission chairman Leonard Russell says the recommendation has been passed on to the provincial government, which will make the final decision.
Norman Carruthers led the electoral reform commission that has suggested moving to a mixed-member proportional system.
He says the debate over reforming the current first-past-the-post system has been raging for years.
Carruthers says no system is perfect but that the mixed-member scenario best blended the current system with the change that voters want.
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers. Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time—with local media touting it as a big success. As the Star-Tribune noted in endorsing IRV for St. Paul, Tuesday’s elections give the Twin Cities a chance to show the whole state of Minnesota the benefits of adopting IRV. There were disappointments in Lowell and Pierce County too, but high-profile multi-candidate races in New Jersey and New York keep policymakers focused on ways to reform elections; the Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald were among many newspapers publishing commentary from FairVote board member and former presidential candidate John Anderson on how IRV can mitigate the problems of plurality elections.