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Jersey electoral reform referendum, 2013
A referendum on electoral reform was held on Jersey on 24 April 2013.〔(Jersey referendum: How it will work ) BBC News, 23 March 2013〕 Voters were offered three choices for a future electoral system, and will be asked to rank them in order of preference.〔 Option B was the most preferred option, receiving 41% of votes in the first round, and 55% after second preferences were counted.〔(Referendum on the States Assembly composition ) States of Jersey〕 Voter turnout was just 26%,〔 and the proposed reforms were later rejected by the States.〔(Jersey politicians reject referendum reform move ) BBC News, 16 July 2013〕
==Background==
In 2012 an Electoral Commission was set up to examine potential reforms to the electoral system after a campaign by former States deputy Daniel Wimberly. The current system provides for a 51-seat States, with constituency size ranging from 1,200 to 98,000 residents.〔 The States has three types of elected members; 29 deputies elected in constituencies of between 1,200 and 3,000 residents; constables who head the 12 parishes of Jersey; and 10 senators elected on an island-wide basis.〔
The three options put to voters were:〔
However, Wimberly was unhappy with the proposals, claiming that the options presented did not make the changes people wanted, as they would still not be able to choose their government.〔
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