A radical proposal to change the way we vote is on the agenda Oct. 10. But proponents and detractors alike worry it's being met with overwhelming public indifference
September 01, 2007
Robert BenzieWhat if Ontario held a referendum and no one cared?
The one issue that all sides of the debate on electoral reform can agree upon is this: The public indifference is overwhelming ahead of the Oct. 10 vote.
"It is a sleeper issue in the sense that it's putting people to sleep," says Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto.
"They're not interested. I don't think it's an elephant (in the room), I think it's more like a cockroach or a little mouse running around."
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