Yes To Fairer Votes photo in Cambridge

[chess]

The AV Yes Campaign are doing a photo shoot on Saturday. I can't get to it because I'm at a player event, so I thought I would post about it. Event details and signup at http://tinyurl.com/purplephoto

I suspect if I actually made any commentary on AV I would mostly be preaching to the converted here, but I'm always happy to host a political argument on this or basically any subject if you like :).

The very short version is: I want the AV Yes Campaign to win because it would mean that I never, ever have to deliver any propaganda with the phrase 'two-horse race' or a stupid bar graph showing how Foo Can't Win Here ever again...

Comments

[alextfish.livejournal.com]

"coalitions every time and endless people whining that $PARTY has betrayed them by coming third in the election and yet not carrying out every single detail of what they said they'd do if they won?"

Hopefully, "coalitions every time" should lead (over the course of a few years) to the public realising that give and take is a natural part of how coalitions work. I don't think "the public don't understand coalitions" means "we should avoid coalitions" but "we should help the public understand coalitions"; if they're more natural in the voting system, that'll be a likely consequence.