• 190 Posts
  • 106 Comments
Joined 3 years ago
cake
Cake day: June 11th, 2023

help-circle




































  • Is there any resource out there that can show me where the preferences get fed to, so I can make an informed choice.

    You choose your own preferences.

    On the House of Representative ballot, this has always been the case. You must number all the boxes.

    On the Senate ballot it used to be the case that if you voted ‘above the line’, you could only vote ‘1’, and nothing more, and the parties decided the preference flow. That is not the case anymore. Now, the Senate ballot has partially-optional preferencing ‘above the line’. You must number at least 6 boxes if you vote above the line, but you can number all the boxes above the line if you choose. I would encourage numbering as many preferences as you can with the knowledge you have. (You can also number below the line if you want to pick your own ordering of the candidates for each party/group.)

    See: https://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/How_to_Vote/Voting_Senate.htm

    Or: https://www.chickennation.com/voting/senate/ (and the one about House of Representatives voting: https://www.chickennation.com/voting/).

    I’m happy to answer any further questions if you have them, don’t hesitate to ask 🙂