Australia: MP says donation row highlights voting problems

[MIKE OSSIPOFF]

>An Australian MP is claiming that it may be time to rethink preference
>voting, adopting a first-past-the-post system instead, because how-to-vote
>tickets improperly influence voting behavior:
>---
>D- Is there a ticket that *properly* influences voting behavior ???
>
>How was such A. MP elected ???
>

This, along with small party members' tendency to vote for a lesser-
evil in 1st place, and the parties reluctance to run more than 1
candidate, should be mentioned whenever someone talks about IRV's
"track record".

Mike Ossipoff

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