The Alternative Vote

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[How] Did you vote for AV?

Yes to AV
29
71%
No to AV
10
24%
Didn't vote
2
5%
 
Total votes: 41
Steve in Pudsey
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AV seems to me to be a variant of how the X Factor voting works.

Week 1: 5 contestants, 1 eliminated

Week 2: 4 contestants, people who voted for last week's eliminated contestant vote for somebody else

and so on until you're down to one. In AV it continues until somebody has over 50% of the votes.
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all new Phil
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So what we need is Simon Cowell to run the whole thing via a premium rate phone line.

Problem solved.
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dosxuk
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Steve in Pudsey wrote:AV seems to me to be a variant of how the X Factor voting works.

Week 1: 5 contestants, 1 eliminated

Week 2: 4 contestants, people who voted for last week's eliminated contestant vote for somebody else

and so on until you're down to one. In AV it continues until somebody has over 50% of the votes.
Is it not unfair that the people who voted for the eliminated contestant in the first week get a chance in subsequent weeks to vote for the winner? I think they should have their phone lines cut off.
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I'm quite excited about tomorrow. I know now which way i'm going to vote. I'll be heading to my village hall first thing before i go to work.
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m-in-m
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Lorns wrote:I'm quite excited about tomorrow. I know now which way i'm going to vote. I'll be heading to my village hall first thing before i go to work.
How many people on here have already voted by post?

I sent my ballot off early last week to ensure that the Snail Mail couldn't delay it for it to arrive too late.
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Just got back from Voting YES to AV...

No other votes for me in London, but next year I can vote to get Boris Johnson out!
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Sput
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martindtanderson wrote: next year I can vote to get Boris Johnson out!
Not in public, martin!

ANYWAY, I have altered the poll (previous results below) on this thread to be the METRO EXIT POLL. Do vote!
Metropoll 2011 INTENDED AV VOTE
Yes: 26 (63%)
No: 15 (37%)
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Chie
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Changed my mind. I'm voting yes.
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Steve in Pudsey
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dosxuk wrote:Is it not unfair that the people who voted for the eliminated contestant in the first week get a chance in subsequent weeks to vote for the winner? I think they should have their phone lines cut off.
If that were the case the series would be over after one week. This may be a good thing!
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Well, been and voted.
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I have heard the turn out is very good for the Scottish areas ( which means at least 60% + ) I have spoken to some of people I get on the bus, some of them Ie OAP believe Tories want AV.

have anyone heard of the turnout further south?
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