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Old 10-05-2008, 09:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Total Representation, constituency, europhile, Liberal 'Democrats', FPTP, vote

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Originally Posted by 22ANDUK View Post
Great post Britannist, thank you - I like the idea of 'TR'.
Thank you for your kind comment 22ANDUK.

TR (Total Representation) retains the single member constituency and keeps elections simple - just one cross on the ballot paper by the name of the candidate the voter wants to win. No 'second preference' or 'third preference' votes, no multi-member (Single Transferable Vote) constituencies and no additional votes for separate lists.

Total Representation is a voting system which the europhile ruling 'elite' and pro-EU parties such as the Liberal 'Democrats' do not like because, if implemented in UK General Elections, would result in UKIP MPs being elected from the 'reserve' 'top-up' list of candidates and - since it reduces the 'wasted vote' scenario in the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) election constituencies - eventually in some constituencies too.
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