Do you know what the Alternative Vote (AV) is ?
So…What is it?
Alternative Voting (AV) is a system of voting to elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons.
Like First-Past-the-Post (FPTP), it is used to elect representatives for single-member constituencies. But it is not new. The Australians have been using it since 1918, almost 80 years ago.
This will be only the second time a referendum has been held throughout the whole of the United Kingdom in British history; the first occasion was the United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum in 1975.
What are the differences between AV and FPTP?
For MPs: Ideally it ensures they have a real mandate while delivering greater choice and eliminating the need for tactical voting.
For voters: Instead of putting an ‘X’ on the ballot paper (FPTP), voters can rank the candidates on the offer.
How can voters use AV to vote?
On the ballot paper, the voters can put a ‘1’ for their most-preferred candidate, and can continue if they wish, to put a ‘2’ for their secondary-preferred candidate, and so on.
It does not matter if the voters have ranked all the candidates because it is not compulsory. And the voters can rank as many candidates can they want, as long as they are on the list.
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What is the process?
If the candidate receives more than half of the votes (more people give him a ‘1’ than all the rest combined), he wins the election.
If no candidates gain more than half of the votes, then the votes of the least-voted candidate will be distributed by the sequence of preference. And he will be removed from the contest.
The process goes on till one candidate wins over 50 per cent of the votes.
How do parties stand for AV?
Conservative:
Most Tory MPs, including Prime Minister David Cameron, are campaigning against AV. There are 3 reasons for thes: AV, which is not one person one vote, is ‘too complicated and unfair’, whereas the FPTP is already good enough; it may lead to harm to the government and a hung parliament; it costs a lot to purchase machines that read the ballots; ‘most importantly’–Nick Clegg is in favour of AV.
LibDem:
Definitely support AV. AV makes your MPs work harder to gain your support.
Labour:
Ed Miliband supports AV. He thinks it is fairer than FPTP and good for democracy and accountability. But more than 100 Labour MPs say they oppose it.
Green:
Although AV is not their preferred system, they will support it.
To know how people think, see Reaction to AV system on social media
More on AV,
see Clegg’s unpopularity may derail voting reform
see Yes or No to AV, Sheffield?
Before Julius Caesar could rise to power, his political agitators united to create chaos and civil war everywhere. Caesar’s army of saboteurs protested, rallied, and demagogued Rome. They claimed the people were being led by weak, ineffective leaders who failed to make Rome livable. Caesar rose to power by “referendum”. Recently, Mubarak stepped down after Egyptians rioted non-stop. Caesar came to power in the same way, ruling through vast popular support. Caesar used impassioned, emotional appeals to the prejudices of the people. He was charismatic and popular.
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