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Bizarre election in South Australia, rigged by Liberal-Labor duopoly

Dennis Matthews, 27 Feb 14,   Thanks to dangerously defective changes to the Electoral Act rushed through the South Australian Parliament at the last minute by the Liberal-Labor duopoly, organized harvesting of preferences in the 2014 Legislative Council elections appears to be in full swing.

This “gaming” of the system produces unpredictable preference flows such as those that gave bizarre results in the recent Senate elections.

It is highly likely that gaming will result in the balance of power being held by a party that the vast majority of voters had no intention of electing to the Legislative Council.

Thanks to the Liberal-Labor duopoly, governing South Australia could soon become more difficult.

February 27, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, South Australia