Darraidou said Ontario has been through several governments that received a majority of the seats but not a majority of the votes. "We wanted to change that," said Darraidou.
Under the proposed system, voters would have two choices on a ballot: one for a local representative and another for a political party.
The number of seats in the legislature would swell from 103 to 129 — 90 politicians would be elected in enlarged ridings across the province using the current first-past-the-post system and another 39 would be appointed by parties from a public list of candidates according to the percentage of popular vote they received.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/04/16/ont-electoral-reform.html
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Ontario Voters To Decide On Electoral Reform
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This looks like it is going to be the big stumbling block for this proposal and is already the subject of much debate in Ontario. Many feel that this gives the partys too much power over a percentage of their MPs, on the other hand once a party gets over the threshold of 3 0r 5% they are guaranteed at least one seat. Its going to be a hard choice and at 60% to pass I am not holding my breath.
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When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp