Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Brown plans referendum on electoral reform ideas - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Brown plans referendum on electoral reform ideas - UK Politics, UK - The Independent:

The Prime Minister will announce next week that the Government will table an amendment to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill, proposing a referendum on reform.

The public would be given a straight choice between retaining the first-past-the-post system and switching to the Australian alternative vote (AV) system, in which people can rank candidates in order of preference. The one who comes bottom drops out, and second preference votes are redistributed until one candidate has more than 50 per cent of those cast.

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