Can we UNCONFUSE voters on PREFERENTIAL VOTING???
Preferential voting is a rare gift granted in few democracies. In Australia
about 40% vote ALP, 30% Liberal and 10% National. With first-past-the-post,
on average, the ALP would be elected in every seat in parliament forever
even though 60% don’t want them.
With preferential voting, when it gets to counting your preferences, it is
because your candidate has been beaten. You are left with the same choice as
a fighter pilot trapped in a burning plane. He can die alone or crash on the
enemy and take a few with him.
Any voter who uses optional preferential and votes [1] only, or
[1]-[2]-[2]-[2], places his ballot in the “exhausted vote” box where it no
longer counts. This leaves the ALP/LIB/NAT crowd happily counting only their
votes.
I urge every voter to fill out every square and put the major parties last,
second last, and third last in order of dishonour. Deny them the money they
pay each other for each primary vote counted.
It is hard to pick the least rotten. The major parties sold Australia,
taxed us to poverty, regulated us to a standstill, closed many hospitals,
allowed the banks to clean us out, forced business to close or flee,
bankrupted farmers, timber mills etc. and created a nation of jobless and
hopeless. Enough is enough. Kick them all out.
If we can't kick all of them out we can at least destabilise all of the
major parties by kicking the incumbent out WITH PREFERENCES as happened in
WA. REMEMBER Court bleated, "Once the One Nation preferences were directed
against our sitting members it was a case of BANG! BANG! YOU ARE DEAD."
When every ALP/DEM/LIB/NAT/GREEN is reduced to a three year term. and a
three year spell out of parliament, they will listen. It is not a complete
victory but it is more damaging than any other ploy we, the pro-freedom
people, have ever dreamed up so far.
EMAIL THIS FAR AND WIDE, SO DOUBTERS CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE MAJOR PARTIES
WANT US TO VOTE 1-2-3-3-3-3, and DON'T FALL FOR IT YOURSELF.
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Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Help Mr O'Shea use all the authority he can, to prevent
DISENFRANCHISEMENT and expose corruption of Queensland Elections
> Dear Don
>
> As one of the readers of your reply to Ian McLeod's concerns, I must say
> your explanation fails to clarify the vital question of DISENFRANCHMENT
> after the first count.
>
> You write: "With respect to our conversation I advised that the scenario
of
> an elector placing 1,2,3,4,4,4,4 on a ballot paper would not invalidate
> their vote." This is fine, as the voter's intention is clearly to not
vote
> for candidates except the 1st, 2nd and 3rd preferences. Repeating the 4s
> gives effect to Mr Beattie's "put the rest last" call, while also reducing
> the risk that the vote can be 'stolen' by filling in blank boxes.
>
> Your next point, that: "If the Seat went to a preference count, the
electors
> preferences would only count up to the 3rd preference." fails to clarify
the
> crucial questions raised by the deceptive words "remaining in the count".
> This has been raised with Electoral Commissioner Des O'Shea, in the
attached
> letter. So far hes not even acknowledged it, raising concerns that he is
> intimidated, or even being induced to betray electors who refuse to give
> preferences to untrustworthy candidates, by rigging elections in marginal
> seats where exhausted votes prevent any candidate winning a majority of
> valid (ie formal) ballots. Instead of declaring failed elections,
exhausted
> formal ballots of electors which "put the rest last", may be fraudulently
> removed from later counts of all formal ballots, ie the count which sets
the
> "majority" for democratic election. This DISENFRANCHISES people for NOT
> voting for untrustworthy candidates!!!!!!!!
>
> The above demonstrates how electors, and even electoral officers, are
> deceived into thinking elections are "free and fair", but candidates who
> haven't won a "free and fair" democratic election, can be returned by
> "optional counting" of formal votes. Not because this is the law, because
> "votes remaining in the count" can be, whether foolishly or dishonestly,
but
> certainly UNLAWFULLY, mis-interpreted as less than "all formal ballot
> papers", despite there being nothing in the Act to authorise this
> anti-democratic exclusion of exhausted formal ballot papers from the count
> of "votes remaining in the count".
>
> Apparently this corruption and perversion of democracy, has happened in
> previous elections, which would explain why we have so many untrustworthy
> and incompetent MPs. Would you please confirm that you and your
colleagues
> will not let this happen again. It is criminal, even if the phrase
> "remaining in the count" has, in the past, been foolishly or dishonestly
> taken to give authority to DISENFRANCHISE people who don't vote for
> untrustworthy candidates!
>
> As well as confirming that no such betrayal will happen with the 2001
> elections, will you please help Mr O'Shea to use all the authority he can
to
> prevent any such corruption of Queensland democracy in marginal seats next
> Saturday. As I wrote on Tuesday, in the present situation, the Governor,
as
> the Queen's appointee, is both more free to act quickly and responsibly,
and
> has access to better advice, than the judges who could be asked to decide
> after the election. Hopefully he will also help the Premier see the
wisdom
> of publicly, and immediately, confirming his understanding that all formal
> votes "remain in the count" during Counts Two, Three, etc.
>
> To assist you and him, I'll distribute this to as many electors as I can,
> and specifically ask that all electoral officers be alerted to the need
> prevent corruption of democracy in marginal Queensland seats. Since Mr
> Beattie's call to "put the rest last" has been taken up by the
Courier-Mail
> (see 2nd attachment), we can expect many 'failed' elections. While this
> will add to your work in the immediate future, it will also compel parties
> to pre-select better candidates than the fools, rorters and worse, which
> have become prevalent in most marginal seats.
>
> If we work together we can get democratic, free and fair elections on
> Saturday, despite the collusion by those who have suppressed the simple
> democratic truth: - democratic, free and fair elections can fail, clearing
> the way for honourable, competent replacements instead of 'media tarts'
who
> will do the bidding of manipulative foreign masters!
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Stewart
>
> Phone:+617 3411 7646
> Mobile: 04 1427 4420 (voice-mail)
>
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