Liberal Democrat MPs, led by Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg, have voted in Parliament to give people an opportunity to throw out the archaic First Past the Post system. Up and down the country activists are coming together to campaign to replace that system with the Alternative Vote (AV). AV is a fairer system [...]
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I’m pleased to see the ‘Yes to Fairer Votes’ campaign is gathering momentum, with the announcement of the first appointments to the team that will lead the call for a ‘Yes’ vote on the Alternative Vote (AV) in next year’s referendum. The campaign is currently building the grass roots organisation that will take the message [...]
A month on from the publication of the Review of Electoral Systems, where’s the ongoing process that the Labour Westminster Government promised? Where are the opportunities for public involvement? Nothing has gone beyond the confines of Whitehall desks yet. No voter has yet been asked for their experience of elections. From “Make Votes Count”: “The [...]
