AV, Voting Machines, and the "No" Campaign

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laresSun 27/02/11 23:48

"With just a couple of months until the referendum on 5 May, the gloves are off.

And with good reason – an Ipsos Mori poll has found that 13 per cent of those planning to vote, are not sure which way they'll go.

The Yes to Fair Votes Campaign has the edge so far, with 49 per cent of those planning to vote, supporting the AV system. Meanwhile, 37 per cent are against it.

This week the scrabble for votes moved up a notch, when the No campaign took out a two-page advert in the Birmingham Mail claiming that a sick baby 'needs a new cardiac facility NOT an alternative voting system'.

The Yes campaign was outraged, branding the move a 'new low' for No to AV."

"The Government has done no cost analysis of how much it would cost to run an AV system, but No to AV estimates that the lion's share of the bill will come in the form of electronic voting machines – costing between £90m and £130m."

http://1sq.me/f0IdNO

I'm still not sure how I'll be voting, but the idea that it would bring around the advent of voting machines seriously puts me off. Not because I worry about the costs, but because I don't trust electronic voting.

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