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Have you/are you voting yes to AV?

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thefinerthingsinlife · 05/05/2011 10:32

I'm still undecided which way to vote. I can't see AV making a differnce to women but I'm probably missing something.

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DillyDaydreaming · 05/05/2011 21:23

I voted YES. As far as I am concerned anything which The Spectator, The Tories and the BNP are so set against must have merit.

notenoughsocks · 05/05/2011 21:21

oops, sorry Alice, x posted.

notenoughsocks · 05/05/2011 21:21

Hocuspontas (love thatGrin.

It will be as the proportion of votes cast. In some cases (as in with Welsh devolution, I think) they set a threshold so that the vote is only counted as valid if there is a 40% turnout. The amendment to set the 40% threshold on this referendum was rejected. So, it is just whichever side gets the most votes on this one.

duckyfuzz · 05/05/2011 21:19

yes

AliceWorld · 05/05/2011 21:16

hocuspontas - majority of those that voted I believe. That's the usual. Otherwise nothing would ever happen as turnout is pretty low in general. There are instances where the Tories government try to change it to a majority of all eligible for things they want to fix and it usually gets overturned as it's so unfair.

McDreamy · 05/05/2011 21:01

Done - yes to AV for all the reasons previously mentioned.

HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 05/05/2011 21:00

Got to ask - Elvis vs Tesco??

msrisotto · 05/05/2011 20:57

Spoiled my paper. I've been thinking about it all week and i'm just not happy with either.

midnightexpress · 05/05/2011 20:57

I voted yes too, for all the reasons already mentioned.

The Yes campaign posters up here in Scotland just say 'Cameron wants you to vote no'. With a particularly toady picture of DC.

SuchProspects · 05/05/2011 20:49

I voted yes - mainly because I think our current parliament needs to know that the current set up is not acceptable. But I'm a bit apathetic about it as I don't actually think AV is likely to improve government - especially given how poor the campaign on both sides has been (at least around here).

I think this is the first referendum I've ever voted in and it's a bit of an anticlimax.

MrsKaravan · 05/05/2011 20:44

Yes I did indeed vote yes, for all the reasons above. I also voted for Elvis vs Tesco in the locals as he was the only candidate who dropped a flyer round and talked to me face to face. He hasn't got a chance....! Good on him though.

MotherSnacker · 05/05/2011 20:41

Voted yes

hocuspontas · 05/05/2011 20:38

I've been wavering all week especially after reading the threads on here. I voted 'yes' in the end because I think, as others do, that a 'no' landslide or a large proportion of non-voters will enshrine FPTP forever.

Incidentally in a referendum is the winner a majority of the votes cast or a majority of the number of people eligible to vote?

PrinceHumperdink · 05/05/2011 20:28

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RamblingRosa · 05/05/2011 20:27

I voted Yes but not for very coherent reasons.
Main reasons:
No campaign almost entirely Tory funded.
As Alice says, a win for the No campaign takes PR off the agenda.
From what I can understand, AV is marginally fairer than FPTP.

YourCallIsImportant · 05/05/2011 20:03

Yes here too.

AliceWorld · 05/05/2011 20:01

I voted yes. Would prefer PR but that isn't on the agenda so at last it's a step in the right direction. No would take PR off the agenda. And of course Peter Stringfellow supports the no campaign, so that's a good enough recommendation for me Grin

notenoughsocks · 05/05/2011 19:51

Can't remember who said it, but everytime I go to vote on pretty much anything I remember that saying:
"If voting changed anything they'd ban it."

Nevertheless, I voted 'YES', not so much to AV (although I do have a faint hope that, like Dittany says, my vote might be more effective) as against the status quo. Think I am on the losing side though. Sight of Daily Mail's front page in the shop this morning really made my heart sink.

dittany · 05/05/2011 19:26

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colditz · 05/05/2011 17:44

I voted no, because I didn't really understand it, I forgot it was voting day, and I was in a hurry.

I think really the only point of me voting was to show my female face. We are in the safest tory seat in the country.

sharbie · 05/05/2011 17:44

done and yes

Batteryhuman · 05/05/2011 17:43

Voted yes but most of mu colleagues (if they vote) are going to vote no because the Sun says so

StewieGriffinsMom · 05/05/2011 17:40

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nickelbabe · 05/05/2011 14:18

I'm voting Yes.

It's not because I want AV, it's because I want the twats in charge to know that FPTP is not good enough a system

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 05/05/2011 14:17

Also I can't miss an oppotunity to post this: