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« on: August 24, 2010, 02:22:57 PM »

I guess we all got Batman wrong for the bonus points. I don't see anyone guessing Denison for biggest wing. Tongue AV is just strange.

So strange that in 145/150 seats, it performed perfectly and ensured an absolutely democratic, quick and correct count and result, and in the other 5 a truly democratic outcome will be reached within days, ensuring every voter's voice is heard properly.

I know I tend to be a bit too parochial, but I genuinely believe that the AEC and the Australian electoral system are as close to perfect as they can be. Add a 151st seat (or remove the 150th) and tweak the senate voting system so people can number every box above the line should they chose to do so, and I'd reckon it'd be perfect.

Looking in from the outside (and having some familiarity with STV as practised in Northern Ireland) the above the line system in the Senate and the compulsory full preferencing seem a bit weird, and seem to produce occasional peculiar results, like Victoria in 2004 and apparently again this time.
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