ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Don’t be fooled by the hocus locus of pro rep math
The following column was originally published Oct. 6, 2018. It’s specific to the B.C. referendum on the electoral system but it outlines the fundamental flaws of [Continue]
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GUEST COLUMN – Fear of proportional representation is irrational
By GISELA RUCKERT Fair Vote Kamloops IT’S A NEW YEAR, but Mel Rothenburger keeps issuing the same old bad takes on proportional representation. The latest one is [Continue]
LETTER – Editorial perpetuates the myth about proportional representation
Re: U.S. Speaker fiasco gives us a taste of proportional representation Mel, you are perpetuating myths, which by definition are incorrect. There is no way in the world [Continue]
LETTER – Pro rep gives a voice to those shut out by first past the post
Re: U.S. Speaker fiasco gives us a taste of proportional representation. Mel, under FPTP, the Democrats would have won the first-round vote. But that’s not the point. A [Continue]
EDITORIAL – U.S. Speaker fiasco gives us a taste of proportional representation
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE LATEST WEIRDNESS issuing forth from the American system of governance wrapped up early Saturday Washington time as the House of [Continue]
RUCKERT – Citizens’ assemblies a good way to decide on electoral system
By GISELA RUCKERT Guest Columnist MEL MAY CALL proportional representation an uninvited guest, but I’m laying out the welcome mat! He is absolutely correct that it’s not [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: Pro rep shows up again like an uninvited house guest
LIKE AN UNWANTED house guest, proportional representation keeps showing up and wanting to move in. It’s happening again. It was inevitable, perhaps, that the losers in the [Continue]
LETTER – Parties must work together to move electoral reform forward
(An open letter to Kamloops-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod) Dear Ms. McLeod, As your constituents, we are writing this public letter requesting your assistance to address a current [Continue]
LETTER – First past the post, electoral college were designed for the 1800s
Re: U.S. electoral college has similar advantages to our FPTP WELL, I’VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO MEL for standing tall on his support for both the US Electoral College and BC’s [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Support for electoral reform skyrocketing
November 22, 2019 – The wake of the 43rd Canadian federal election campaign appears to have churned up support for a certain policy change long thought lost to the depths [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Can we at last put proportional representation to rest?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CAN WE NOW put proportional representation to rest? Thursday’s referendum result wasn’t even close — 61.3 per cent of those who voted [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Polls, turnout tell us final days could decide referendum
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THOUGH I’M NOT A MEMBER of any political party, I quite often receive emails from one of them urging me to take action. “Mel,” the [Continue]
LETTER – Proportional representation referendum is down to the wire
Here we stand, in the last week of the campaign, to decide whether we will keep the older system of electing our provincial government or change to a more democratic system, [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Let’s meet the folks who support First Past the Post
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ONE OF THE STRANGEST arguments in favour of Proportional Representation is that the wrong people support First Past the Post. “Want a good [Continue]
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