A Toronto woman who helped draft the province's election referendum question believes most residents still don't know what they will be voting for on Wednesday.
Donna Tichanchal, one of 103 randomly selected citizens chosen to study the issue, says she is frustrated because the province has not done enough to inform constituents about the proposed electoral reform.
"I don't think people really know what they are voting for. There are still people who say 'Referendum? What referendum?'" she said.
"I don't think that the people of the province really know where this mixed member proportional system came from. It came from 103 ordinary citizens from all over Ontario who came together and worked for eight months to study everything."
For everything you need to know on the referendum, including the pros and cons of MMP, click here.
The referendum question is: "Which electoral system should Ontario use to elect members to the provincial legislature?'' Options will be the existing so-called "first past the post'' electoral system, or MMP.
The proposed mixed member proportional system would give citizens two votes -- one for the political party of their choice and another for a local candidate.
Advocates say electoral reform would bring a balance of power in the legislature that better reflects the popular vote.
But Tichanchal feels hundreds of hours have been wasted because regular voters still aren't informed.
Elections Ontario says it has spent $8.3 million raising awareness about the referendum, the province's first in more than 80 years.
For electoral reform to take place, 60 per cent of voters must support the change.
With a report from CTV's Austin Delaney
