Alternative Vote ?

Alternative Vote ? Vote No

by Simon Zohhadi on Monday, 2 May 2011 at 14:06 ·

 

The current electoral system in the UK works well and is arguably the best democracy in the world. Therefore, there is no need to change the way we vote ! An alternative voting system could mean second choice candidates becoming MPs ; is this democracy ? No, is the answer. First past the post means the candidate with most first choice votes wins. The truth is that most voters only want to vote for one candidate (and some don't even want to vote for one candidate !) so a second vote is a wasted vote. An alternative voting system will also mean more spoilt ballots. Counting and announcing the election results will also take longer on election night !

Maintain the best democratic system in the world and vote No to alternative voting.
As a postscript, I would like to see the voting age reduced from 18 years old to 16. This makes sense and would widen our democracy.