Tasmania House of Assembly
	Name of PR System	Hare-Clark
Ballot Paper	Ticket Voting Above or beside the line voting	No.
	Rotation of candidate names	Robson Rotation within each column.
	Directions	Mark your vote on this ballot-paper by placing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... in the squares immediately to the left of the names of the respective candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them. YOUR VOTE IS NOT COUNTED UNLESS YOU VOTE FOR AT LEAST 5 CANDIDATES (2002 Tasmanian House of Assembly ballot paper - 5 candidates to be elected.)
	Formality	A formal vote must contain preferences for at least 5 candidates, by numbering 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Further preferences are optional. Preferences can be counted until sequential numbering breaks down. A vote is informal if: no vote has been recorded on it or the elector has not voted in the manner directed a number from 1-5 is repeated or has been omitted.
Distribution of a Surplus	Method of distribution of surplus votes and calculation for new transfer value	Only the last parcel of ballot papers received by the elected candidate is distributed to pass on the surplus votes. Transfer Value =        Number of surplus votes                    Number of ballot papers in the last parcel
Election of a candidate	Exclusion of candidates	All the excluded candidates' votes are transferred in the order in which the excluded candidate received them.
	Exclusion of the lowest candidate when two or more are equal	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.
Casual Vacancies	How is a casual vacancy filled?	The new Member is chosen by recount. If a recount is not practicable, or if there is no available consenting candidate from the party of the vacating member, a by election may be held for the vacant position.

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