Voting Reform: Referendum question announced (Southampton Liberal Democrats)

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Voting Reform: Referendum question announced

July 26, 2010 10:30 AM

Have you registered to vote On 5 July 2010 Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg fired the starting gun on a historic opportunity to change our unfair voting system.

We now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to right the wrongs of the archaic First Past The Post system. A system which hands power to the lucky few who live in marginal constituencies and sucks it away from the vast majority of us who do not.

Over the next ten months the Fairer Votes Campaign from the Liberal Democrats will be fighting hard for a 'yes' vote in the coming referendum, to sweep away the current system and replace it with the Alternative Vote.

Working alongside activists from many other parties, we will be campaigning for a new system which will deliver fairer votes.

We need you to be part of this campaign. It will not be easy to win, defeating the voices of conservatism who want to keep the status quo because it protects them from the will of the masses.

But with your help we can do it. We need you to inspire, enthuse and persuade your friends, family and neighbours to come out on May 5 and cast their ballot for fairer votes.

In the long term, the Liberal Democrats' Fairer Votes Campaign will feed into the wider voting reform movement, with political parties and pressure groups alike coming together to fight this referendum.

We will keep you posted on how the campaign is progressing via this website. But to be part of this historic opportunity to shape the future, register to join the Liberal Democrats' Fairer Votes Campaign.