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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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ElephantsAndMiasmas · 05/05/2011 14:17

I've voted for it. Mainly because there are certain parties that I want to keep out out out (largely because their members have terrible attitudes to women) and I would rather have several of the other parties than them. Also because it will allow me to express my preference for parties that field female candidates (an idea from another thread).

SardineQueen · 05/05/2011 12:20

Yes I've voted

Voted yes

Don't think it will do much for women though

Ragwort · 05/05/2011 11:44

Yes.

I was slightly put out when I went to vote this morning as I was asked if I wanted to vote for all three elections (ie: AV/town council and county council) - why is the Polling Clerk asking, surely the voter should just be given the three forms - its almost implying that it's not important to vote for all three sections Confused.

melpomene · 05/05/2011 11:43

Article here concludes that it wouldn't necdessarily make any difference to women's representation. I agree.

I voted no because I think that it is far inferior to proper PR and a lot of the claims made for it don't hold up. Eg there will still be wasted votes, there will still be tactical voting in many circumstance (it would just become more complicated to vote tactically). It also seems inconsistent that you can end up counting the second preferences of people who vote for a party that comes 5th/last, while ignoring the second preferences of those who vote for the party that comes 4th.

Plus I now detest Nick Clegg and the libs and don't want to do anything that would benefit them.

HumanBehaviour · 05/05/2011 11:42

I would have voted yes, but I can't vote.

Coffeeisking · 05/05/2011 11:41

Its a possibility prince

PrinceHumperdink · 05/05/2011 11:38

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HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 05/05/2011 11:34

I will be voting Yes because it will piss the Tories off, what IC said and the fact that the current voting system doesn't seem to be increasing women's representation in Parliament. I think that there is a chance with the new system that might change (although AV obviously doesn't change the gender of the candidates put forward by each party).

SybilBeddows · 05/05/2011 11:31

I will be, but I haven't worked out what the consequences will be for women!

Coffeeisking · 05/05/2011 11:25

I voted yes,

It makes more sense to me as i like 2 main parties and it would make more peoples preferences count in elections.

My other half is a labour supporter but in my town they have no chance of getting anywhere so he doesnt bother voting but uner the new system his vote may count much more than it does now.

David Cameron is worried as under the new system he could loss a fair few MP's!

InmaculadaConcepcion · 05/05/2011 11:19

I voted YES.

I think it's slightly fairer the first-past-the-post, so that's good enough for me at the moment.