MMP - Limited Improvement of PR

[New Democracy]

Dear List members,

     MMP is an improvement over the First-Past-The-Post Single Seat
District method but how much of an improvement is it? It is only a limited
improvement. MMP limits proportional representation to only one reason -
for only the political parties. It does not give the voters the power to
have proportional representation for any other reason.

     STV will give proportional representation to everyone - for any reason
- you name it.

     With MMP control of proportional representation is in the hands of the
political parties. For example: If the political parties have more women
candidate then the representation of women will increase - if the parties
have less women candidates then their representation will decrease. The
representation of anyone or any concern is controlled by the party - not
the voters.

     With STV proportional representation will be controlled by the voters.
If fifty percent of the voters vote for women candidates then fifty percent
of the elected candidates will be women. And this policy will also be true
for any other reason or concern that the voters may wish to vote for
including political party - the power in in the hands of the voters.

Don


Donald Eric Davison of New Democracy at http://www.mich.com/~donald

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