'Donkey Votes' No Reason to Kick Australian System ; Viewpoint
Grimsby Telegraph › June 17, 2010
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REFERRING to the Alternative Vote, MP Austin Mitchell says that "In Oz it produces a 'donkey vote', an advantage of up to 10 per cent for candidates whose names begin with A because less interested voters list 1-2-3 down the ballot paper" (Westminster Watch, June 14).
I'm afraid that, in his eagerness to discredit the proposal for a referendum on our voting system, our redoubtable MP has stumbled into error.See the full content of this document
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'Donkey Votes' No Reason to Kick Australian System ; Viewpoint
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