Mr. Brown:
I was mistaken and have corrected it.
Thanks,
Bob Wing
>Dear Mr. Wong,
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>Below is a comment on your article from a Crashlist member.
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>Charles Brown
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>Please let me know the source of your statement that Canada has a system
>of
>proportional representation.
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>Many people have said that Canada and other countries should.
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>But we have, in fact, what is called "first past the post." The effect is
>that many voices are not represented in Parliament.
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>>December 7, 2000
>>
>>The Structure of White Power and the Color of Election 2000
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>>By Bob Wing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>What if there was an election, and nobody won?
>>
>>Thank you, Florida, for exposing as fraud the much-vaunted
>>sanctity of the vote in this country and placing electoral
>>reform back on the country's agenda. It turns out that a
>>real election has more votes disqualified, miscounted, or
>>lost than the margin of error of a well-designed poll.
>>More importantly, the botched election exposed that voting
>>discrimination in Florida was widespread and that racism is
>>institutionally structured into the two-party, Electoral
>>College system.
>>
>>Reports out of Florida show that people of color cast
>>a disproportionate number of the disqualified votes. On
>>election day, black and Haitian voters were harassed by
>>police, their names removed from the rolls, and their
>>ballots left uncounted by outdated machines. Thirty-five
>>years after passage of the Voting Rights Act, racist
>>violations of election law are rampant and should be
>>pursued to justice in Florida and elsewhere.
>>
>>But beyond these immediate issues, this election reveals
>>again just how central race is to U.S. politics and how
>>racism is actually structured into election law. The
>>election reaffirms that people of color are the most
>>consistent liberal/progressive voters in the country and
>>that their clout is increasing -- but that electoral racism
>>effectively nullifies almost half of their votes. The Civil
>>Rights movement destroyed the monopoly over power by
>>whites, but the tyranny of the white majority is still
>>institutionalized in the winner-take-all, two-party,
>>Electoral College system.
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