HOW PREFERENTIAL VOTING SHOULD REALLY WORK
HOW PREFERENTIAL VOTING SHOULD REALLY WORK
Article by Kevin Loughrey
The objective of preferential voting is to provide a measure of which candidate has the most support amongst the electors of an electorate.
The present system of preferential voting does not achieve this. The present system is, in a way, a variation of "first past the post" voting system. It is not a pure preferential system.
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