by Anita Nickerson | May 12, 2018 | ERRE Submissions
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...
by Anita Nickerson | Aug 19, 2016 | ERRE Submissions
Click here for a PDF version of this document A weakness of winner-take-all systems is that small swings in popular support can cause huge changes in outcomes, resulting in policy lurch. Similarly, a bandwagon effect can result in the accidental defeat of popular MPs....
by Anita Nickerson | Aug 19, 2016 | ERRE Submissions
Click here for the PDF version of this document with all of the Appendices SUMMARY This submission covers the case for proportional representation (PR); a values-based approach to reform; and options for a made-in-Canada solution. We believe that the meaningful choice...
by Anita Nickerson | Aug 19, 2016 | ERRE Submissions
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...
by Anita Nickerson | Aug 19, 2016 | ERRE Submissions
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...