tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91504427741239157082024-02-20T06:28:01.178-05:00Democracy v2.0Mixed Member Proportional is the next step in the evolution towards a better democracy. On October 10th, upgrade to Democracy 2.0!Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150442774123915708.post-45466640050384792382007-10-02T02:15:00.000-04:002007-10-02T02:22:04.056-04:00MMP in the Funny Pages?MMP makes it into a <a href="http://www.weltschmerz.ca/blog/2007/09/friends_in_high_places.php" target="_blank">comic strip</a>.Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150442774123915708.post-41077345095939406362007-09-28T14:09:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:23:19.748-04:00What's Your Voting Experience? Help Build Our Interactive Map!I've got a new map where you can share your voting experience with the world!<br /><br />Is our current voting system particularly unfair to your area? Do you live in a safe seat and cast votes that never count? Have you had to worry about strategic voting or vote-splitting in your riding? Do you have some interesting stats that show how akward and inefficient our current system is?<br /><br />Let's hear about it!<br /><br />Click on the link below to visit the map. It's only Southern Ontario at the moment, Northern Ontario will be coming soon!<br /><br /><div style="line-height: 13px;color:black;padding:10px;"><br /><a href="javascript:void();" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;color:black" onclick="javascript:window.open('http://pub8.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=639944785&lightmap=0&icons=0&entrylist=0&zoom=0&welcome=1','bnetguestmap','toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=720,height=470,top=110,left=110');"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/common/images/cpcode/light-color-guestmap.gif" width="32" height="32" alt="Put a Pin on the Map" border="0"></a><br /><a href="javascript:void();" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color:black" onclick="javascript:window.open('http://pub8.bravenet.com/guestmap/show.php?usernum=639944785&lightmap=0&icons=0&entrylist=0&zoom=0&welcome=1','bnetguestmap','toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=720,height=470,top=110,left=110');">First-Past-The-Post in "Action": Southern Ontario</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/guestmap/" style="font-size: 10px; color:black;">Free Guestmaps by Bravenet.com</a><br /><br style="clear: left;"><br /></div>Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150442774123915708.post-52632165312010749472007-09-26T14:08:00.000-04:002007-09-26T14:20:05.377-04:00Lurching Video Version 2<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQks9EEiGsk"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NQks9EEiGsk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br />Hi folks, this is a better version of my lurching animation in my view, because the word "policy" appears nowhere, and the word "system" appears as little as possible.<br /><br />I'm always looking for more ideas on ways to visualize this referendum... post away!Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150442774123915708.post-67885597470118250342007-09-25T14:49:00.000-04:002007-09-25T15:08:39.877-04:00Left in the Lurch: AnimationA little animation I cooked up on "lurching".<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6M1dQLU4OhE"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6M1dQLU4OhE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />With a relatively small change in popular vote, our First-Past-The-Post system has us lurching from one extreme to another (think Bob Rae to Mike Harris). In the most recent election, the Liberals doubled their seat-count to form a majority government on a 6.6% increase at the ballot box.Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9150442774123915708.post-59347045047507467232007-09-21T14:52:00.000-04:002007-09-24T17:29:05.057-04:00Mapping Wasted Votes: First-Past-The-Post in Ontario<h2>Northern Ontario</h2><br /><iframe src="http://www.twobuckmans.ca/map/northern.html" height=402 width=402 frameborder=0 scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><h2>Western Ontario</h2><br /><iframe src="http://www.twobuckmans.ca/map/southwest.html" height=402 width=402 frameborder=0 scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><h2>Eastern Ontario</h2><br /><iframe src="http://www.twobuckmans.ca/map/southeast.html" height=402 width=402 frameborder=0 scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><h2>Toronto & Area</h2><br /><iframe src="http://www.twobuckmans.ca/map/GTA.html" height=402 width=402 frameborder=0 scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /> <p class="Para">Ontario's current voting system, known as first-past-the-post, sees each riding elect the member with the most votes, but not necessarily a majority of votes. The remaining ballots, often over half, are sent to the trash bin, with no effect on the outcome of the election.</p><br /> <p class="Para">This might not be such a bad thing, you might say, if discarded ballots from my riding were cancelled out by a similar number of discarded ballots for another party in another riding. Unfortunately, things are usually far from equal in FPTP, with one party benefiting significantly, and most others being short-changed.</p><br /> <p class="Para">Learn more at <a href="http://www.voteforMMP.ca" target="_blank">www.voteforMMP.ca</a>.</p><br /> <p class="Para">See an error? Let me know if numbers in your riding are incorrect!Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120566180563194253noreply@blogger.com2