| 41. | Deacon was an advisor to the Electoral Reform Society on the referendum in May 2011 on the Alternative Vote.
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| 42. | Alternative Vote system was granted as part of the Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition agreement, but not AV +.
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| 43. | A key Liberal Democrat policy was that of voting reform, to which a Alternative Vote to elect MPs to Westminster.
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| 44. | To Fairer Votes campaign in the unsuccessful bid for a Yes vote in the 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote.
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| 45. | Some limited ( to a greater or lesser degree ) alternative voting and official appointing systems claim to be democratic.
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| 46. | During the campaign he made the claim that the Alternative Vote would violate the principle of 1 person 1 vote.
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| 47. | The result of the referendum was that the alternative vote proposal was defeated by a margin of 2 : 1.
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| 48. | In 2011, he took a sabbatical to act as Campaign Director for the NOtoAV campaign during the UK Alternative Vote referendum.
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| 49. | This was repealed by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ( Repeal of Alternative Vote Provisions ) Order 2011.
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| 50. | Following the UK referendum on the Alternative Vote in 2011 Ault was Chair of the Electoral Reform Society from 2011 to 2012.
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