Post 2010 Activities
The Society has campaigned successfully for the introduction of STV for local elections in Scotland and led the call for a referendum on the voting system in the wake of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal as part of the Vote for a Change campaign.
The Society was later a principal funder of the YES! To Fairer Votes campaign in its unsuccessful bid for a Yes vote in the 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote, its Chief Executive Katie Ghose serving as the campaign's chair.
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