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election  1 comment James Griffin. Photo / Dean Purcell James
Griffin. Photo / Dean Purcell  Meanwhile, back here in the real
world, life goes on. We've all had a nice rugby-related holiday,
now it is time to get on with business. And one of the matters
we must be getting on with is the matter of government. And,
specifically, we must be getting on with the matter of getting
our heads round how we want to be governed.  One of the few fun
aspects of the forthcoming election is that we also get to have
a referendum. Even better, we get to have a referendum to choose
whether we get to have another referendum. Genius. First we have
to decide if we like MMP as our voting initials of choice. Then
we have to decide which of four other sets of initials (FPP, PV,
STV or SM) we'd prefer if we decided to hate MMP. What fun.  But
what I want to know is why the Electoral Commission chose those
four sets of