Election 2010: Be Informed – know how preferences work

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:49:37 +1000

I am so sick and tired of hearing stuff like “If you vote for <insert party here> they are giving their preferences to <insert major party here>. So that’s a vote for <prime ministerial candidate here>!” I’m not sure if I can make this any clearer, but:

NO IT ’S NOT

Let’s cover voting basics. In the House of Representatives, you number each box from 1 to n, where n is the number of candidates on the ballot.

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Election 2010: Be Informed – know how preferences work