THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW: NSW Election Preference Flows March 24, 1999 The Voters' Guide can be found at: http://www.peg.apc.org/~greensnsw/pw.htm NSW Greens policies: http://www.greens.nsw.org.au The Greens today released the Voters' Guide to Preferences, which traces preference flows for each party running for the Upper House in the state election on Saturday. "With over eighty parties standing for the Upper House, voters need a clear sense of who they are voting for," said Lee Rhiannon, The Greens Upper House candidate. The Voters' Guide to Preferences lists all the parties in alphabetical order and traces their preferences using information available from the State Electoral Commission. Preferences to major, minor and significant microparties are displayed in an easy-to-read format and it will be freely available at polling booths on election day. "Putting together this guide is part of our commitment to ethical and accountable electoral processes, something that we have been pushing for this whole election," said Ms Rhiannon. "By using this guide, people will be able to ensure that their vote is ending up exactly where they intend, rather then benefiting a candidate who may have social and political views that voters object to," she added. The Greens compiled the Guide after some microparties running for the Upper House were exposed as bogus groups and fronts designed to funnel votes to other parties. A recent example is the Animal Liberation Party, which is effectively preferencing a party that supports shooting animals. Ian Cohen MLC said: "This Guide will ensure that legitimate small parties have a fair chance in the State election. We're actually doing the Electoral Commission's work for them but this is important because it's in the public interest. "Remember you can always vote below the line so that preferences go exactly where you want them," said Mr Cohen. For more information ring Lee Rhiannon on (02) 9519 0877 / 018 976 707 or Ian Cohen MLC on (02) 9230 2603 / 019 989 466 The Voters' Guide to Preferences is available in electronic form. Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
