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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

If my hon. Friend studies the focus group research conducted by the Electoral Commission, he will see that what voters found most confusing about the question was the term ““alternative vote””. Voters have very little idea what that is. Now the Electoral Commission has told us that it will produce literature explaining what it is to voters, but would it not be better to give the alternative vote system its proper name, which is, in fact, ““optional preferential voting with instant run-off””? That would explain exactly what it is, leaving no ambiguity.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c285-6 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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