FPTP vs MMP

[Jamon Camisso]

On October 6, 2007 09:51:54 pm phil wrote:
> On Oct 6, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Gary Layng wrote:
> > The issues that I have with MMP:
>
> Good points, but two that bother me much more are (as Colin points
> out) politicians without even a token responsibility to an
> identifiable electorate and also the raw horror of increasing the
> numbers the number of MPPs by 20% or so.

To bring up the Swiss again, in their system it takes 50,000 signatures 
to force a referendum, and 100,000 to mount a constitutional challenge. 
With the appropriate failsafes (i.e. vote an MMP elected leader out of 
office), that type of engagement could work here too.

Jamon
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