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Appendix 1: A Look at the Evidence

Appendix 1: A Look at the Evidence

Click here for an updated version of this document: A Look at the Evidence Click here for a easy-to-print version Why Proportional Representation? This appendix summarizes results from comparative research comparing the performance of the two main families of voting...

Appendix 2: Myths and Facts about PR

Click here for a PDF version of this document As the all-party committee consults with Canadians about which values and features are important to them in a new electoral system, it is to the benefit of everyone to ground the conversation in facts. Will MPs be...

Appendix 3: Most Democracies Moving To PR

Click here for a PDF version of this document In 2005, Joseph Colomer looked at 219 elections in 87 countries from 1874 on and found that the trend over time was clearly towards proportional representation. He writes that today, “more than four-fifths of today’s...