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PROPORTIONAL
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Alternative vote is a synonym for a preferential vote in a
single-vacancy poll – in the failed 2011 UK electoral referendum
it was proposed that marking of preferences should be fully optional, as for
the NSW Legislative Assembly |
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY proportional representation
history at State and municipal level |
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Ballot-paper specimens,
for quota-preferential PR polls, with a choice of 3 different formality rules |
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Below-the-line voting,
except for Victoria’s Upper House, is unfairly burdensome to voters. See a website that makes it easier. |
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Bibliography of publications relating to
proportional representation, some with hyperlinks to the publication |
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Campaign by Senator Coonan in 1998-99 to discriminate against independent
and minor party voters at Senate elections |
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CANADA proportional representation history at National and Provincial level |
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Casual vacancies in positions that were filled using PR are best filled by countback or a further count |
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Cleese video urging quota-preferential
(STV) proportional representation for the UK House of Commons: or our higher quality DVD |
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Clients that have used the PRSAV-T Inc. vote-counting service |
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA proportional representation history at National level – See also the Sub-index for the sections of this item. |
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Constitutions of the PRSA, and of its South
Australia, Western Australia and Victoria-Tasmania
branches |
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Constraints are not necessary or advisable in
proportional representation elections |
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Contact details for PRSA National Officers and Branches |
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Countback, for filling casual vacancies in multi-member electoral districts that use quota-preferential proportional representation |
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Countback in 2007
by-election in |
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Direct election of candidates is important |
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Election Night Special
is a 5-minute video on YouTube of a 1970 sketch by Monty Python’s Flying
Circus. See also the transcript and commentary
on it. Because of the non-transferable votes in the |
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Electoral Commissions and
Parliaments in |
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Electoral Matters Committee
of Parliament of |
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Electoral Representation Review submissions on municipal reviews to the Victorian Electoral Commission made by PRSAV-T Inc. |
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Everybody Counts: A 17-page A5 booklet with a straightforward
explanation of the Hare-Clark electoral system, by Neil Robson |
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First-past-the-post (Plurality) electoral systems have fatal flaws. |
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First preference votes in quota-preferential PR systems are important, but are not the only votes that can form a quota. Large surpluses can lead to candidates receiving surplus transfers being elected without receiving any first preference votes at all. |
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“Gerrymander Wheel”
- PRSA’s small physical model gives a simple, convincing
demonstration of how even the impartial placing of the boundaries of
single-member electoral districts can drastically affect the electoral
outcome, without a single vote changing |
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Gregory fractional transfer of surplus votes |
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Groups that specify their electoral system in
their constitution |
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Group
Voting Tickets in elections for the Senate, all
mainland State upper houses, and municipal elections in all the NSW municipalities that use PR,
and for the City of Melbourne in Victoria |
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Hare-Clark electoral system |
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Honorary Life Members of the Proportional
Representation Society of Australia |
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‘How-to-vote’ cards |
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Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters: PRSAV-T Inc. 2006 written submission & oral evidence to Inquiry into Civics & Electoral Education |
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Links to other sites |
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MALTA proportional representation history at National level |
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Meek system of counting for
quota-preferential (single transferable vote in multi-member electorates)
polls |
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Membership details and application forms for the various Branches of the PRSA |
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Municipal
electoral systems in Australia |
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National
Officers since PRSA’s inception |
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Newsletters of the PRSA, Quota Notes |
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New South Wales 2011 elections: Preference data files are
accessible at ftp.elections.nsw.gov.au File size is up to 650 MB. |
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NEW SOUTH WALES proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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NEW ZEALAND proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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NORFOLK ISLAND proportional representation history at Territory level |
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NORTHERN TERRITORY proportional representation at Territory level |
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Odd number of positions to be filled, rather than an even number, is always recommended for use in a proportional representation election |
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Order in which candidates’ names appear
on ballot-papers |
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Parliamentary electoral systems in Australia |
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Parliaments and Electoral
Commissions in |
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Party List systems of PR are inferior to
quota-preferential systems of PR |
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Party List systems have been initiated or introduced for 4 different Australian legislatures, but each was replaced by a quota-preferential PR system. |
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Plurality
(First-past-the-post) electoral systems have fatal
flaws. |
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Proportional Representation analyses of various Federal and State elections |
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PRSA Rules for counting quota-preferential
proportional representation elections |
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QUEENSLAND proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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Quota definition: The definition is of the Droop quota, which is the quota used in modern quota-preferential systems rather than the earlier Hare quota. |
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Ranking
of candidates elected at a quota-preferential (STV) poll, in an
order of priority after their election |
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Referendums
at which voters have been asked to choose between proportional representation
systems and others have succeeded in introducing PR systems |
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Regimentation of voters by legislative provisions, such as those for Senate ballot-papers, that allow parties to determine the order of candidates' names |
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Regulations made by the Proportional
Representation Society of Australia |
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Regulations made by PRSA Branches |
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Representation of voters relates to whom they freely choose - and not to whether the candidates they choose necessarily resembles them in some aspect - so an electoral structure to engineer their representation by somebody like them can distort voters’ wishes. |
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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“Schoolboy
election” example by Thomas Hill in 1820 shows how
quota-preferential PR works where a secret ballot is not used |
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Speakers
from PRSAV-T Inc. will, at no charge, address |
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Stage Management of Senate Ballot-papers, which began well
before the above-the-line and below-the-line device was introduced |
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“Tablecloth” ballot-paper (1010 x 720
mm) used in the 1996 New South Wales Legislative Council election |
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TASMANIA proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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Tasmanian state election
reports beginning from 1909 – an excellent resource on the
Tasmanian Electoral Commission website |
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UNITED KINGDOM proportional representation history at National and municipal level |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA proportional representation history at National, State and municipal level |
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VICTORIA proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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Victoria-Tasmania Branch present and former Honorary
Life Members and guest speakers at its Annual General
Meetings |
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Vote-counting Service for clubs, incorporated associations etc. |
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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“Your Vote – Effective or Wasted?” – A
small, free booklet that compares, with illustrative diagrams, the counting
methods used for the major single-vacancy and multiple-vacancy elections that
Australia has used for public elections. |
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