Perhaps I am getting old, but I a am sure that I remember voting not so long ago when we had the option of voting below line but numbering the actual parties rather than doing it individually. This to me makes sense if people don't wont to go the whole hog and number every candidate. Does anyone else have these recollections or am I having a seniors moment? Allan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindsay Brash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Insights List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: Re: How party preferences picked Family First > G'day All, > > Lindsay Cullen wrote: > > I'm not absolutely sure of this, but I believe that by law parties are > > meant to provide a poster or how-to-vote cards at a polling booth > > showing their preference flow. > > No, this is not a requirement, but "How to vote" cards do need to meet > certain criteria and must be approved by AEC before distribution. For > example, it is not permissable to write negative things about other parties. > > But every polling place does have an official copy of the party > preference flows and any voter can ask to see it when deciding their > vote. In NSW it is an A4 landscape book of about 50 pages - if anyone > wants one (or 90), let me know. > > Kind regards, > Lindsay Brash. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
