"alternative vote" is the term the UK ended up using for instant-runoff voting when it had a referendum a few years back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vot...
Not quite. I think the proposals only affected the top two ranked candidates in the first round, i.e. arguably no better than First Past the Post.
Approval Voting would be simple, easy to understand and a vast improvemnet.
Re:UK Election Tech Handbook
by dangerface on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:29AM
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> If you mean switch from FPTP
Yup don't really care what the new vote is. I live in Northern Ireland where we have single transferable vote I think its great.
It hasn't fixed our two party system but I have noticed a dramatic change in the way people think about voting.
For the most part people no longer feel the need to vote against some one and now vote for who they want, I have also noticed people seem to feel their vote is worth more as a result.
If you mean switch from FPTP to some form of RCV for executive positions or proportional representation (PR) for assemblies, then I agree.
For RCV, I strongly prefer Approval Voting, which best balances fairness and simplicity.
But we'll get the most benefits from PR.