MP berates informal voters after dud ballot spike in NSW seat (www.abc.net.au)

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In short:

A high number of informal votes in a rural NSW electorate with a record number of candidates has been labelled "shameful" by the region's MP.

By May 6 more than 11,000 informal votes had been recorded in the Riverina electorate, accounting for more than 10 per cent of the voter turnout.

What's next?

Riverina MP Michael McCormack and political scientist Dominic O'Sullivan say the voting system should be reformed.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed. If there's any confusion among voters, I reckon it's largely due to NSW's optional-preferential ballots being inconsistent with the federal ballots. NSW should change to mandatory-preferential for the sake of consistency - and because it's better - but the major parties benefit from the optional.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I agree, it's definitely on NSW to reform, not everyone else...

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