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PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SOCIETY OF |
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Tel +613 9589 1802 |
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BEAUMARIS VIC 3193 |
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2nd December 2008 |
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INDEX ‘A-Z’ |
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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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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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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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 Whitehorse City, properly electing candidate with 2.7% of first preference votes at the 2005 General Election |
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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 UK’s
first-past-the-post
electoral system, small frivolous or nonsensical parties can significantly
and unreasonably impair the prospects of more substantial parties. |
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Electoral Matters Committee of Parliament of Victoria: PRSAV-T Inc. 2007 written submission and oral evidence |
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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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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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Gregory fractional transfer of surplus votes |
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Hare-Clark electoral system |
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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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Membership details and application forms for the various Branches of the PRSA |
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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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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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Representation of voters relates to whom they choose, so an electoral structure to make them represented by somebody like them can miss the point. |
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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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TASMANIA proportional representation history at State and municipal level |
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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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