The Inhumanity of MMP

[Marcus Brubaker]

Mike Kallies wrote:
> Hey, maybe we can create a meta-party.  The meta-party would appoint
> the runner up candidates regardless of which party they belong to.  So
> if you didn't want to vote for a party, you wouldn't have to spoil
> that part of your ballot.  It might even get an independent into a MMP
> seat :-)
>   
Unfortunately, that wouldn't be allowed.  The party lists are required 
to be public and posted before the election.  You can't make them up 
after the fact.  If you did I think it would be a really bad proposal 
for a lot of obvious reasons.


Cheers,
Marcus
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