Will anyone vote for AV in referendum?

In less than four weeks, Britain will decide on whether to change the voting system. But do people understand AV? And how many will turn out to vote? Thursday lunchtime, and two Sheffield University students are standing behind a table outside the union handing out free doughnuts. At an adjacent table, beneath a couple of straggly purple balloons, another group gathers around piles of leaflets, asking passersby if they have heard about the 5 May referendum. This is a big day for the Yorkshire and Humber Yes to Fairer Votes campaign. In less than four weeks, Britain decides whether to switch from first past the post to the alternative vote in only the second national referendum ever to be held in the UK. Activists have come from York, Hull and Leeds for this evening’s mega phonebank, when about 20 volunteers will make 1,000 calls. “My great-grandad campaigned for electoral reform,” says 22-year-old politics graduate Emily Wilkie. “He

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