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Electoral reform: From A to V

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Voters are to go to the polls to decide whether they want to change the way we vote for MPs from the current first past the post system to a method known as the Alternative Vote.

Guardian writer John Harris gives his personal, humorous and alphabetical take on the referendum - offering us an A to V of AV.

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SEE ALSO

Miliband: AV 'would change political culture'(13.51)
Cameron and Humphrys spar over AV(07.29)
Clegg: AV 'a very rare opportunity'(11.17)
Reid: First past the post 'gives equality'(05.30)
AV 'a halfway house'(06.03)
How does AV work?(03.38)

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