The referendum on whether to keep the First Past the Post voting system, or change it to the Alternative Vote for general elections, will be on Thursday 5 May 2011.This is the same day as various elections around the United Kingdom. In England it will be the borough and district council elections, in Wales there are the the Assembly elections, and the Scottish Parliament elections too.
I will be voting to change the system to the Alternative Vote. Such a system will eliminate the need for tactical voting as you can rank the candidates in order of preference. It also means that a winning candidate needs the support of over 50% of the electorate, and also keeps the link between MPs and their constituency.
I'm sure you don't want me to go into the boring detail of the pros and cons of each system, so I'll leave it there. You'll have plenty of time to decide for yourselves where you'll put your cross (perhaps for the last time).
JR
0 comments:
Post a Comment