Senate Voting

[grandmoon]

Can someone explain to me how the voting system works.

Here in the ACT we only have 2 seats.  We always end up with 1 Labour and 1 Liberal.

The year there is a problem with the preselections for the Libs.  We need to know if the sitting member is placed second on the list will all his first votes go to him ?

Quite  few of the voters here are not happy with what is happening around the preselection and would like to have the sitting member returned.

[lakeland27]

there's really nothing a voter can do. the liberals are the same as evryone else in this respect and pick who they want .

[freakiness]

Can someone explain to me how the voting system works.

Here in the ACT we only have 2 seats.  We always end up with 1 Labour and 1 Liberal.

The year there is a problem with the preselections for the Libs.  We need to know if the sitting member is placed second on the list will all his first votes go to him ?

Quite  few of the voters here are not happy with what is happening around the preselection and would like to have the sitting member returned.

All his first votes will go to him if he gets number 1 vote and enough boxes are numbered.

[freakiness]

For him to get the votes voters have to vote below the line, number all the boxes.

[lakeland27]

which in effect splits the liberal vote. labor might win that seat 🙂

[monman12]

In the ACT you have 2 senators who are elected by proportional representation (all 76 senators are). Meaning   that (in the Territories) a candidate requires a minimum of 33.33% of votes cast to be elected.

If you vote for the Libs (or any) party by placing the figure 1 on the ballot paper above the line you will "get" what the party have decided in preferential order.

However, if you want your sitting member and he/she has been placed 2nd via Party pre-selection you will need to select below the line where every candidate is listed.

Below the line requires you  to number every candidate box listed for your vote to count.

You could  tick your sitting member 1, and then the other Lib member 2, and then the others 3,4,5,6 etc until ALL boxes are numbered. Or you could number as you decide.

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