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South Australia Legislative Council
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Name of PR System
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Modified Hare-Clark
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Ballot Paper
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Ticket Voting Above or beside the line voting
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Yes.
Above the line voting.
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Rotation of candidate names
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No.
Order of names determined by the party or group.
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Directions
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You may vote by either, placing the single figure 1 in one and
one only of these squares to indicate the registered voting ticket(s)
you wish to adopt for your vote.
Or, placing consecutive numbers commencing 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. and
ending with N in the squares immediately to the left of the respective
candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them.
(Where N equals the number of candidates on the ballot paper.)
(2002 SA Legislative Council ballot paper)
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Formality
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A formal vote must contain a first preference (or number 1) above
the line or sequential preferences starting with the number 1 in
all boxes below the line.
If an elector correctly marks both sides of the line, the individual
preference side is counted. If one side is informal, the formal
side is counted.
A single cross or tick is accepted as a first preference both above
and below the line.
Where two numbers are repeated or a number missed from a sequence,
the ballot paper is informal except where the elector correctly
numbers all but the last remaining preference box, which is left
blank.
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Distribution of a Surplus
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Method of distribution of surplus votes and
calculation for new transfer value
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All of the elected candidate's ballot papers are distributed to
pass on the surplus votes.
The transfer value is calculated as follows:
Transfer Value = Number of surplus
votes
Total
number of ballot papers received
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Election of a candidate
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Exclusion of candidates
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All the excluded candidates' votes are transferred to candidates remaining in the count according to the next available preference marked on them. Each ballot paper is transferred at the ‘value’ it was received.
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Exclusion of the lowest candidate when two
or more are equal
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Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those
candidates were unequal.
If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate
determined by the returning officer.
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Casual Vacancies
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How is a casual vacancy filled?
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The new Member is chosen by an assembly of both Houses of Parliament.
If the vacating Member was endorsed by a political party at the
time of the election, the replacement must if possible be nominated
by the same party.
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