SIR – We all know that one of the many reasons why Britain has always punched our weight in the world is our simple and straightforward voting system – a system which everyone can understand, because it gives one person, one vote.
Democracies all across the world have been founded on the example of our voting system.
Today, billions of people elect their representatives through the system of one person, one vote.
It took many centuries for the principle of one person, one vote to become enshrined in the democracy of Britain, and now that it is there, I believe it would be grave error to abandon this principle and replace it with a voting system that is more complex, more confusing, more costly and more unfair.
For these reasons I will be saying No to the Alternative Vote on May 5, and urge others to do the same.
Emmerson Walgrove, Parkfield Road, Manningham, Bradford
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