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Re: Daniel Rubenson this morning on Breakfast Television talking about Mixed Member Proportional and the electoral referendum, a note to the produceers of BT: big mistake.

If the idea was to explain to the general population the ins and outs of the proposed system change - why it is a better and more representative electoral process, why it is not a significant extra cost to taxpayers, how the list seats will be distributed and why we should vote for it - Rubenson bungled the point at pretty much every turn.

The irony is that at the end of the piece they took a phone poll asking people whether or not they thought they were informed enough to vote on the referendum, and most people (almost 2:1) said no. Not surprising if you were counting on BT's MMP summary to inform you on the issue since I bet no one had any idea what Rubenson was saying! I can't believe this guy is a prof.

Long-short: vote for MMP tomorrow. Otherwise, don't talk to me.