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Originally Posted by Derek S
The biggest problem with that system is that by and large the public are idiots and asking them to do anything more complex than scrawl an X leads to all manner of issues.
The system was used in the last elections up here and caused over 100,000 spoiled papers (about 1 in 20 of all votes cast)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle1756280.ece |
That link doesn't really back your point up. The specific problem in 2007 was the use of two different systems of PR, in two different elections (Holyrood and Council) both being held at the same time.
My degree-educated missus (rather more highly qualified academically than me, I should add) made a mess of it herself, getting her Xs and numbers in the wrong place.
I am willing to bet that neither council nor Scottish Parliament elections will suffer anything like the same level of spoilt papers next time round, and the reason will not be that the voting systems are changed - because they aren't being changed - but that the elections are no longer going to be held on the same day.