• PetulantBandicoot
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    10 months ago

    the LNP has indicated it intends to move to optional preferential voting in state elections as well, if they win the state election in October.

    “But wait… we can make it worse!” - LNP

    If they do not get voted in this October, we still have every future election for years to come to worry about this happening if they manage to win.

    On a side note, I didn’t even realise that the local government election was optional preferential voting. I even numbered all the boxes because that has been ingrained in me since I started voting. Learn something new everyday.

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      10 months ago

      Honestly this is part of why I think it’s so important not to have OPV. Consistency is good, and the only way the state can be consistent is with CPV, because the state can’t change how general elections are done.

    • BrisWombat@bne.social
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      10 months ago

      @PetulantBandicoot @Zagorath I planned my preferences before going to vote, and the ECQ person told me to “just vote 1” on both Mayor and Ward.
      I was so flabbergasted I didn’t correct them and now wonder how many people didn’t know they had an option (even though both options are on the ballots).
      I put my preferences in despite being in a seat very safely in the hands of the ones I didn’t vote for.