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Coogan and Vorderman back Liberal Democrats' electoral reform pledge (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Actor Steve Coogan and presenter Carol Vorderman have backed Liberal Democrat pledges to reform how the UK's general elections are run.

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

@theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne @PamCrossland

Well not if there are multiple outcomes.
In the London Mayoral elections sufficient put their first choice as Lord Bucket and their second the future mayor. This was after a specific campaign to save Lord Bucket's deposit and 'defeat' the right wing candidate.

That's perfectly fine, but two outcomes so not a single vote.

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    @simon_lucy @theinspectorst @i_am_not_a_robot @Syldon @jonne It's called transferable for a reason. You get one vote, but if your candidate gets knocked out, it's transfered until their next choice candidate until one candidate has 50%+1 . The transferable vote allows you to choose your preferences so we don't continue with the ridiculous situation where somebody can get elected with only 20-30% of the vote, as happens in some places.

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