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Category Archives: Edinburgh
Some Time in Leith – Proclaiming the Alternative Vote in Leith
In Edinburgh we’ve been running street stalls for months now but last Sunday we had our first non-rugby adventure away from Princes Street. We set off to Leith to spread the good word about adopting the alternative vote voting system … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Local Activism, Me and My Banner, Voting for Change, Yes to AV
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The Advantages of the Alternative Vote – No More Wasted Votes, No More Split Votes
Possibly the greatest advantage of the Alternative Vote, or any preferential voting system, is that is does away with split votes. Split votes are one of the disadvantages of the First Past the Post system and lead to some of … Continue reading
The Advantages of the Alternative Vote – Making MP’s Work Harder, for YOU
One of the great advantages of the alternative vote system is that it makes MP work harder. Not just harder, it makes them concentrate on the needs and wishes of their constituents. Not just the narrow range of constituents needed to … Continue reading
The Advantages of the Alternative Vote System – An Overview
On 5th of May a referendum will be held to ask you, the voter, for the first time ever, how you want to elect your main public servants, Members of Parliament. You will be offered a choice of voting Yes … Continue reading
Edinburgh Says Yes – In All Her Rainbow Colours But Mainly Purple
Whilst Flyering the Faithful on the road to Murrayfield we had just two people tell us they were going to vote No and their reasons for doing so were interesting. The other can be found here. This post is mainly … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Greens, Local Activism, SNP, Uncategorized, Yes to AV
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Flyering the Faithful
On Saturday, 60,000 people gathered in Murrayfield to be told about the benefits of changing our electoral system from First Past the Post to the Alternative Vote. I’m told some of them went on later to watch a rugby game.
Posted in Edinburgh, Local Activism, Voting for Change, Yes to AV
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Hi, I’m Danny and I’m Volunteering With Rastafarian Votes
The Edinburgh group have run three phone banking sessions so far. We’ve probably only made a hundred or so outgoing calls and most of those have not been answered.
Posted in Edinburgh, Local Activism, Phone Banking, Yes to AV
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Simon Says, Yes – The Art of Campaign Meetings
It was a cold, dark, windy night in Edinburgh when Yes to Fairer Votes met for a planning session last night. Stepping out of my warm flat I worried that I would be the only person to brave the sub-zero … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Local Activism, Yes to AV
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Shenanigans in Oldham and Saddleworth
One recent objection to the Alternative Vote, raised by Graham Smith of BBC Radio Cornwall is that the kind of electoral antics we’ve seen in Oldham and Saddleworth would delay the distribution of preferences and so delay the result further … Continue reading
Getting Wet and Saying Yes! To AV
Getting Wet and Saying Yes! To AV The Yes to Fairer Votes campaign had its official launch on Bonfire weekend. Up in Edinburgh we played our part. This is the story of what we did. Our plan was to mark … Continue reading
