PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
 
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REDISTRIBUTIONS: MAIN AIMS OF PRSA RULES FOR DIVIDING STATES AND TERRITORIES
  Rules Generally:   The Rules would establish a fixed pattern of multi-member electoral district allotment, in order to remove discretion and 
                            hence scope for inconsistencies and anomalies in the hands of the Executive Government or the Electoral Commission. 

Aim of Rule 1:     Electoral districts with an even number of seats would be prohibited, to avoid equal representation of unequal voting blocs. 

Aim of Rule 2:     A main aim is to reduce the variety, for each State or Territory, of the categories of multi-member electoral districts within 
                           it, categorized by the number of seats per electoral district, to a maximum of two categories as far as possible 

Aim of Rule 3:     This states present statutory goals in a form appropriate for multi-member electoral districts. 

Aim of Rule 4:     This ensures that the disparities in area between the smallest and largest electoral districts in a State under the present 
                           system not increase and will often decrease. 

Aim of Rule 5:     This is desirable to ensure that disparities between the largest and smallest quotas Australia-wide are maintained within 
                           prescribed limits. 

Aim of Rule 6:     This Rule is to reduce all quotas to the greatest extent possible consistent with the other rules.