Public Forum on Electoral Reform

The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship and the Research Chair in Electoral Studies at the Université de Montréal will be hosting a public forum on the Canadian electoral reform. The forum will be hosted in Regina via livestream by the JSGS and University of Regina’s Department of Politics and International Studies. The forum will take the form of a debate between four electoral systems: (1) first-past-the-post (FPTP); (2) alternative vote (AV); (3) mixed-member proportional (MMP); (4) small district open list proportional representation (SOP). Four political scientists will each be debating in favour of one system. The debate will begin with a short overview of the four voting systems by Professor André Blais. Each debater will then be given 12 minutes to make their case. This will be followed by an open debate as well as a question period. In-room and remote audience members will be invited to ask questions through the use of the mobile platform Pigeonhole Live. A link will be given to audience members at the forum. Using this same interactive mobile platform, the public forum will conclude with a live vote, where audience members will get to vote for their two preferred options. More information: http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/news-events/events/2016/10/public-form-on-electoral-reform.php

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/public-forum-on-electoral-reform