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Re: An interesting North American Election (was Re: Cdn Election Day)
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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 01:38:52 GMT
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> Unfortunately we have a situation of "power corrupting" here.
> There are numerous Liberal MPs who have done outrageous things,
> but they just ignore the public outcry. If a "recall policy"
> were in place, it probably wouldn't get used much, (if at all)
> as the MPs would know they would be "fired" if they strayed too
> far from what their boss (constituents) wanted them to do. No
> accoutability invites the corruption and jaded electoratewe see now.
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> SRC
Just simply not true, look at BC for a example. The fact is, that for a
reasonable requirement (1/3rd of registered voters, not 1/3rd of votes in last
election), you will _allways_ have a very hard time getting recall. Simply
because getting 1/3rd of the adults in a area to agree to anything political is
nigh impossible. And, yes, I do feel it should be 1/3rd of voters, because
otherwise, one party would organize a campain to unseat any person who they
didn't like in power...even if it never worked, it would result in constant
confusion/by-elections being called.
(in other words, the MP would have to have done something _really_ startling
before a recall would work...and, even then, I doubt recall will work within
the typical time frames allowed)
James
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