New vote system needed

ARE people so disillusioned with politics that even when they're given the opportunity to vote for a candidate who wants to save the countryside around their homes, they still refuse to vote?
By The Newsroom
Published 29th May 2008, 19:25 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 01:30 BST

As Comment (Herald, May 8) put it, even the Stop Durrington's over Development '“ Save Titnore's Trees! Party beat the BNP by only a few votes.

So what can be done to encourage people to vote?

Clearly, brutally ejecting people from observing counting of the votes won't help.

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What is urgently needed is a complete re-think of the system.

Let's get rid of the first-past-the-post system.

Nothing puts people off more than knowing their minority views have no hope of being represented.

Then let's make the whole system more efficient '“ and cheaper '“ to run.

Surely, in this age of instant communication, the paper-based ballot can be replaced by a push button pad, making it possible for results to be announced minutes after the polling stations close?

One last thought.

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I wonder if those people ejected from the Worthing/Adur count would have been treated differently had they skins of another colour rather than pink hair and piercings?

John Clark

Protect Our Woodland

www.protectourwoodland.co.uk<

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