Lots of people have made better arguments than the one which I am about to advance. They include ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
strange_complex, ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rhaegal and Alex Wilcock. Look at their posts to find out more.
For as long as I have lived and longer, British politics have been seen through the distorting lens of the plurality voting system known erroneously as 'First Past the Post'. The Alternative Vote will not remove all the distortions, but in allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference it offers a better way of taking the political temperature of a constituency in a multi-party system. I'd rather have the Single Transferable Vote in multi-member constituencies on the Irish model, but it's not on offer; so if you are in the United Kingdom and have a vote in today's referendum, please vote 'Yes' and take a step towards a broader reform which I hope I'll see in my lifetime.
strange_complex, rhaegal and Alex Wilcock. Look at their posts to find out more.For as long as I have lived and longer, British politics have been seen through the distorting lens of the plurality voting system known erroneously as 'First Past the Post'. The Alternative Vote will not remove all the distortions, but in allowing voters to rank candidates in order of preference it offers a better way of taking the political temperature of a constituency in a multi-party system. I'd rather have the Single Transferable Vote in multi-member constituencies on the Irish model, but it's not on offer; so if you are in the United Kingdom and have a vote in today's referendum, please vote 'Yes' and take a step towards a broader reform which I hope I'll see in my lifetime.
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