Thursday 28 April 2011

AV or not AV? That is the question.

Is the Alternative Vote system easy or confusing? Well voters just need to number their preferences in priority order. So first choice 1, if they want a second choice 2 and if they want a third choice 3 and so on.

Is it fairer? The idea is to have over 50% of voters having voted for the eventual winner. This means the winner should be closer to views of the majority of people. With the current system it is all too easy for the winner to represent a large minority rather than the majority of voters.

More info on AV at http://www.yestofairervotes.org/pages/what-is-av

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