Thought a quick round up of the arguements for and against AV which we will have to decide on May 5th
First thing to note is that no voting system is perfect and we are not argueing as to whether the voting system should be changed but as to whether the AV system is the way to go. Currently Australia, Fuiji and Papa New Guinea have this system and Australia are trying to ditch it.
For:
More choice for voters
Limits tactical voting
Against:
Will have unfair result on marginal constituencies
A voter doesn't have to pick a 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc choice which will affect results
1st to 5th have same weighing which is the major flaw
The count could take up to 5 times longer
£250 million required to impliment which is excessive in our current economic situation however £100 million has already been spent on the referendum alone.
More complicated and therefore could put off more voters
I appreciate that this appears rather one sided but that is where my research lead.
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