Annex 3: Discussion on social media
Throughout the period we were consulting on our interim
Report on voter engagement, we encouraged members of the public
to comment on social media using #VoterReform. This included a
Twitter chat hosted by Graham Allen MP on Wednesday 17 December,
which is available in full on Storify. Some of the statements
posted on social media were:
· Have
voter campaigns for older people in residential care
· Young
people are losing out because they don't vote
· We
should move from the First Past the Post electoral system to Proportional
Representation
· People
should be able to register to vote on Election Day
· Not
since 1997 has a British MP been elected with votes of a majority
of their electorate
· If
you want change in parliament, encourage it by demanding a NOTA
option on the ballots
· Hold
elections on a weekend or make it a public holiday
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