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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY proportional
representation history at State and municipal level |
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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 1998-89 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 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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Hare-Clark electoral system |
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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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National
Officers since PRSA’s inception |
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Newsletters of the PRSA, Quota Notes |
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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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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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Proportional Representation analyses of various Federal and State 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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Referendums at which voters have been asked to choose between proportional representation systems and others have generally favoured 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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PRSA Rules for counting quota-preferential proportional representation elections |
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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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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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