In the end it was quite an easy decision.
On my way home from work, I was handed a leaflet by the "No" campaign, and although it wasn't the first I'd been given, I was struck about how the 3 points they made on it were completely, possibly knowingly untrue.
They claimed that:
*People voting for extreme parties would get their vote counted multiple times.
UNTRUE-- you only ultimately get ONE vote, but that vote may get moved from where you first place it.
*Only 3 countries in the world use AV.
TRUE, BUT many more use full proportional representation. MISLEADING.
*The candidate that finishes 3rd could end up winning.
MISLEADING-- they may have less votes before votes get shuffled around from smaller parties, but the person who ends with the most votes still wins!
This skullduggery is exactly what the Yes campaign wanted AV to stop!
I don't like AV-- I'd much prefer proper proportional representation-- but I'm certainly not going to vote for someone who lies to me. Fuck that shit.
On my way home from work, I was handed a leaflet by the "No" campaign, and although it wasn't the first I'd been given, I was struck about how the 3 points they made on it were completely, possibly knowingly untrue.
They claimed that:
*People voting for extreme parties would get their vote counted multiple times.
UNTRUE-- you only ultimately get ONE vote, but that vote may get moved from where you first place it.
*Only 3 countries in the world use AV.
TRUE, BUT many more use full proportional representation. MISLEADING.
*The candidate that finishes 3rd could end up winning.
MISLEADING-- they may have less votes before votes get shuffled around from smaller parties, but the person who ends with the most votes still wins!
This skullduggery is exactly what the Yes campaign wanted AV to stop!
I don't like AV-- I'd much prefer proper proportional representation-- but I'm certainly not going to vote for someone who lies to me. Fuck that shit.
Though would have taken 3 hours to get to the poll.