11. In both provinces the alternative vote ( AV ) was used in rural areas. 12. The United Farmers of Alberta passed legislation in 1924 that changed both Alternative Vote . 13. After the Alternative Vote system or retaining the current one. 14. The second was the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011. 15. It reported in October 1998 and suggested the Alternative vote top-up or AV + system. 16. These led to a government bill to introduce the Australian style alternative vote electoral system. 17. There were three candidates ( Jeremy Thorpe, Alternative Vote . 18. Political engineering can also be employed to design alternative voting procedures in a democratic system. 19. In some respects the exhaustive ballot closely resembles instant-runoff voting ( also known as the'Alternative Vote '). 20. There were no by-elections during the alternative vote .