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Yep,
even after, what nearly 3 years of daily coverage of matters EU,
we still have 2/3rds of the electorate not giving a toss.
We need some method, beyond PR, to ensure that all political parties have a vested interest in ensuring a high (legal) turnout.
Currently the best I can come up with is, that instead of a complete or unit vote for elected MEPs, their vote is reduced by the factor of their constituency turnout,
so a London MEP would only have 0.41 of a vote in EU parliamentary votes,
whereas a Belgian MEP would have about 0.80.
mespilus
Yep, about 1 in 9 of the electorate voted Brexit party. I'm just astonished that even in this climate, c.63% didn't vote at all.