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Originally Posted by NewOZ (Post 5523111)

are you serious?!!

Serious or not he's not right.

A spoiled ballot paper is just the same as not voting.

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Originally Posted by Wol (Post 5500360)

And, while we're on the subject - can anyone explain the preference voting system?

(Use extra paper if required)

It sounds as deliberately obfuscating (now *there's* a favourite word <g>) as Medicare....

You rank the candidates.

They count the votes. If no one has a majority (more than 50%) they eliminate the candidate who got the least number of votes and reasign the votes made for them based on the second preference. Repeat until someone has more than 50%.