Ha! Inquisitive and involved American, as all the best are!
AV and preferential voting in Australia are not identical, but they are close. For how the proposed AV system would work: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11243595
For how Australian preferential voting works, we return to the redoubtable Mr Green (who is one of my fave election analysts in the world): http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/guide/howpreferenceswork.htm
And for some good links over where the debate in the UK has turned into something quite mad, this page was quite neatly written: http://www.involve.org.uk/the-av-referendum-how-we-can-get-the-conversation-back-on-track/
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AV and preferential voting in Australia are not identical, but they are close. For how the proposed AV system would work: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11243595
For how Australian preferential voting works, we return to the redoubtable Mr Green (who is one of my fave election analysts in the world): http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/guide/howpreferenceswork.htm
And for some good links over where the debate in the UK has turned into something quite mad, this page was quite neatly written: http://www.involve.org.uk/the-av-referendum-how-we-can-get-the-conversation-back-on-track/