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How to Vote. The Power of Preference Distribution - Part 2 - Rite-ON!
MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED & MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS – PART 2.
Part 1 explained how to make sure that your ballot paper is completed in accordance with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) requirements and NOT rejected as Informal. It also introduced the importance & the power of preferences in changing outcomes. If you missed Part 1 you can read it here
Part 2 now examines how members are elected to the House of Representatives, the house of Parliament that decides who forms Government. There were 150 members elected from across Australia in the 2016 federal election. Following a redistribution and review by the Australian Electoral Commission, 151 members will be elected at the 2019 election using the same compulsory preferential voting system & a 2 Candidate Preferred (2CP) methodology. Part 2 goes into significant depth about how votes are cast, and how preferences are distributed & flow between candidates & parties. First, by a study of a fictitious electorate called ‘SMALL’, and then the electorate of Dickson from the 2016 election which is shaping up as a key seat in the 2019 election & under intense Labor & Get UP activism.
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