Gordon Brown has committed Labour to holding a referendum on voting reform should it win the next election.
In his conference speech, Mr Brown said Labour would hold a referendum 'early' in the next Parliament on proposals for an alternative vote system.
Under this, voters rank candidates in order with the bottom candidate's second preferences transferred in each round until someone gets 50% of votes.
Reform campaigners said the public should decide which options to vote on.
They have also queried the timing of a referendum, pointing out that Labour never followed through on a commitment to a referendum on electoral reform in its 1997 manifesto.
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