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2026 News 
 
2026-08a VICTORIA  FINALLY  DISCONTINUES ITS UPPER HOUSE GROUP VOTING TICKETS:
The last legislature in the world to be elected using Group Voting Tickets has finally legislated to discontinue them, via its Electoral (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2026, which came into operation on 19 August 2026. PRSA Inc. long campaigned for this change.

2026-05a LETTER ON SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION OUTCOME TO ALL SA MPs:
PRSA Inc's letter to SA MPs asked how they won a majority of Assembly seats based on winning only a minority of the State-wide vote.

2026-02b VIDEO OF PRSA INC. APPEARANCE BEFORE THE INQUIRY INTO THE 2025 STATE ELECTIONS BY TASMANIA'S ELECTORAL MATTERS COMMITTEE:
See part or all of the above 23-minute video of the PRSA Inc's 2026 appearance on its submission to the EMC here after ticking the box against PRSA Inc. under the video.

2026-02a LETTER TO THE AGE ON AUSTRALIA'S FEDERAL ELECTORAL SYSTEM:
Henk van Leeuwen's letter, appearing in The Age newspaper in Victoria on 02 February 2026, warns of the unrepresentative nature of single-member electoral systems.

They - unlike the far better PR-STV systems used for the Tasmanian and ACT Assemblies - greatly reduce voters' choices, and leave almost half the votes cast electing nobody.


 

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