Petition Hold a second referendum on using Alternative Vote (AV) for general elections

Before the next General Election, the Government should hold a referendum on whether to change the voting system for general elections to Alternative Vote (AV).

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The current system is not fair, and often means people end up voting tactically, rather than for their preferred candidate.

Using AV would mean if no candidate got 50% of the vote, the candidate with fewest votes is eliminated, and their votes allocated to the voters next preferred candidate. This process would then be repeated until a candidate had more than 50% of all votes.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

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Date closed 4 December 2021
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