Problem: no-one else has ever tried this system. We have no precedent and no evidence for how it works.
Response: every voting scheme ever used was, somewhere, used for the first time. While it’s true that no other national government is elected this way, if it is ever used, someone will have been the first. Why not us?
But, of course, weighted votes are widely used – not to elect governments, but for meetings of shareholders and for TUC conferences. Company shareholders are no fools, and would not use weighted votes if it weren’t in their interests. Likewise, Trade Union leaders would not accept WV (the Card Vote system) if it didn’t work for them. I think we have enough evidence for WV.
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