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The Islanders Association is urging people to use just one of their votes in the upcoming referendum on Island Wide Voting, and to just vote for option A.
Association founders Deputies Peter Ferbrache and Carl Meerveld are the two officials nominated to campaign for option A in the referendum, and their group's chairman, Harvey Marshall, has issued a statement on its behalf.
Mr Marshall said the referendum was to provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the electorate to start "improving the governance of Guernsey".
"The current system is, and has been shown in the last few years, to be ineffectual, dysfunctional and unable to deliver efficient government. What Guernsey needs is a group of Deputies with the skills and experience to make sound and decisive decisions in the interest of the whole island, not just parish issues. The douzaines are the right place for those," he said.
"Guernsey needs an electoral system which will enable islanders to elect the best group of the best people from across the whole island. Guernsey needs deputies who both understand, and will address, the significant issues faced by our island community in this increasingly complex and competitive world.
"Option A is the first step on the route towards achieving this."
Pictured: The five options people can vote on in the referendum - if they want to vote.
Option A would see one island wide vote take place, with people able to vote for all deputies, no matter where they lived. 38 deputies would be elected every four years.
The only other complete island wide option is Option E, which would see 12 or 13 Deputies elected every two years, and then serve a six year period.
When people vote in the referendum on October 10, they will have five votes, and will be able to choose all five options in descending order. The system is not a first past the post one, but rather the option that gets the most cumulative votes.
This is why the Association want people to only vote for Option A.
The campaign group for Option B also launched its campaign last month. Just Let It B are claiming to be pushing to "save Guernsey's electoral system".
The campaign group for Option A will officially launch their efforts tonight at a private marketing campaign meeting.
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