Ontario Citizen's Assembly votes 80% to modify their voting system

Recently an assembly of Ontario citizens, convened by the Conservative government, recommended 80% in favor of mixed-member proportional system for voting.

The second place option - single transferable voting - only got 8%.

See the following excellent blog on Canadian politics (also features election result prediction):
Democratic Space Blog

In the last BC provincial election, a referendum to change to Single-Transferable-Vote (really not as good as proportional, but at least a change) got 57%, falling 3% short of what it needed to pass. Kind of strange that the referendum came from another rightwing government and a Citizen's Assembly. Strange also that they went with STV, whereas Ontario chose MMP.

For Americans, who want more political choices - Canada is an excellent example of the potential for political diversity and electoral reform.