Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025
sqgl@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
If an Independent senate candidate (eg Liz) reaches a quota after counting of first preferences and she is 129 votes in excess. Which 129 ballots get preferences distributed?
Not explained in this video.
Pilk@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
All 930 votes have their second preferences considered, because there’s no way to determine which individual ballots are the excdss.
The key is that the second preferences transferred at a reduced rate: excess votes for Liz divided by total votes for Liz. i.e. 129/930 = 0.13.
See the Transferring the surplus section on this official AEC information.
sqgl@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
You champion! That makes sense. Sorry, I didn’t think the video would backtrack to correct their initial simplifiction.