Democracy isn’t deskbound campaign
The Government has tried to review how elections work from the comfort of their
Everybody can play their part in this. Here’s how:
- Petition the Prime Minister: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/deskbound/
- Pledge to take part in a Consultation www.pledgebank.com/votingmatters
- Write to the MP for Arundel & South Downs: www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/opus26009.html
- Let the Ministry of Justice know you want your say: www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/opus25967.html
- Donate to further the success of this campaign: www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/donate.html
It is about time we had a fair electoral system where the number of Members of Parliament more fairly represent the votes cast for each political party at the General Election. Since this is unlikely to result in one party having an overall majority, this would mean much stronger government as parties representing more than 50% of the voters would have to work together to pass laws. So measures such as ID cards which are being imposed by a party supported by only some 35% of voters at the last election would never be introduced.
Some people claim that the Lib Dems support a fairer voting system because they would get many more MPs’. This is true, but the number of such MPs’ would only reflect the actual votes cast for the Lib Dems - not more than their fair share. Currently there are many more Labour MPs’ than their share of the votes cast. In the past, when in power, there have been many more Conservative MPs’ than their share of the votes cast. And that is why both Labour and the Conservatives want to retain the existing, unfair, ‘first past the post’ voting system. It is wrong and not true democracy.
Find out more about the campaign for fair votes from the link to the Make Vote Count website.
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