Party launches challenge one day before poll over signs in Manly that tell voters they risked ‘wasting’ their vote
“There is no such confusion with our signs that are clearly in campaign colours and encourage voters to number every box on the small ballot paper to ensure they don’t risk wasting their vote.”Hackman argued the state’s optional preferential voting system was “inherently undemocratic” – echoing the sentiment of fellow independent Jacqui Scruby, who this week“It means candidates are routinely elected who don’t have the support of a majority of voters in that electorate,” Hackman said.
“We need to join the rest of the country and reinstitute mandatory preferential voting. If the NSWEC rules against our signs, we will consider prompt legal action to overturn that decision through the courts.”
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