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Londoners' Votes Count - website launch

www.londonersvotescount.org.uk  

With under a week to go til the London Mayoral and Assembly elections, we all need to make a concerted effort to make sure our friends, family, colleagues and other people we have contact with all know about the elections on 1st May and - importantly - understand how to vote and indeed how to make the most of their votes. 

That is why today we have have launched Londoners' Votes Count website and accompanying leaflet.

Londoners Votes Count

www.londonersvotescount.org.uk

The website explains in simple terms how to vote, how the different voting systems for the London elections work, and how Londoners can make the most of their vote. The site will also be providing commentary and analysis on polling day and on the results and the reaction afterwards.

Once every four years, all Londoners’ votes matter. Contrary to a general or local election, "every vote counts". For the London Assembly, the system is straightforward and empowering. The make-up of the Assembly will reflect how all of London voted. People can affect the overall result no matter where in London they live. That is because of the proportional voting system used. And for electing the Mayor, Londoners get the chance to express both their 1st and 2nd choices, rather than condense all their thinking down into a single candidate. So people can vote with their heart and with their head. Again, the advantage of the preferential system used for the mayoral election.

We want people to know that and to understand how to make the most of their vote, how ever they are intending to vote. Additionally, we are trying to get the message out that individuals and community groups throughout London who want to make a stand against extremism can easily do so; by organising, campaigning and getting out the vote in their own areas, and making that difference.

For journalists and others interested, the site also makes predictions about the results, provides more detailed information about the voting systems used, and makes the connections between these elections and the current electoral reform debate about the Alternative Vote for the Commons.

www.londonersvotescount.org.uk

What you can do:

• Visit the website
• Download and circulate copies of our Londoners' Votes Count leaflet, which conatins all the main info from the site
• Forward this email on to other Londoners.
• Add the 'Londoners Votes Count' logo / image to your emails, website or blog - go here for the code or here for the image.
• Use the information to rebutt any incorrect reports made by journalists in newspapers or on tv / radio.
• Go out and vote on 1st May!

Posted: 24/04/08

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