I attended and made a brief presentation at the Grand Forks
Citizens' Assembly meeting. I really appreciated the structured
format of the meeting, which kept it focused, but which also
allowed for questions and comments from the others in the room who
wanted to speak. All of the Assembly members and staff were
friendly and helpful.
I have a comment about the news release dated May 15 "Assembly
Hears Mixed Messages". With regard to paragraph #3 as it pertains
to the Grand Forks meeting:
I think a more precise description would be that, "In the
Boundary, there was a clear consensus that change in our electoral
system is overdue. Most of the speakers spoke clearly in favour of
a mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral system and there
was one well presented advocate for a single
transferable vote system."
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