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Western Australia Legislative Council
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Name of PR System
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Proportional Representation
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Ballot Paper
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Ticket Voting Above or beside the line voting
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Yes.
Beside 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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Vote only on one side.
Ticket: Fill in one box only. Put the number
1 in the box to show the voting ticket you want.
Preferential: Fill in all he boxes. Number the boxes below from
1 to [N] in the order of your choice.
(Where N equals the number of candidates on the ballot paper.)
(2001 WA Legislative Council ballot paper)
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Formality
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A formal vote must contain a first preference (or number 1) on
the left of the ballot paper or sequential preferences starting
with the number 1 in all boxes on the right-hand side.
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 on the ticket voting side is accepted as
a formal vote.
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.
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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 in the order
in which the excluded candidate received them and at the value at
which they were 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 lot.
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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 recount.
If a recount is not practicable, or 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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