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[Roger Clarke]

>On 01/12/2009, at 1:39 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>>  What's more, there was one informal voteŠ How's *that* for
>>  incompetence?

At 14:29 +1100 1/12/09, Stilgherrian wrote:
>Or it was deliberate, a protest vote.
>We'll never know unless the culprit owns up.

Presumably the Liberal Party Constitution doesn't preclude 
abstention, and an informal vote enables a person to abstain 
anonymously.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/shock-result-as-abbott-wins-liberal-leadership-by-one-vote--ets-dead-20091201-k1uz.html
There was one MP or senator who voted informally in the second vote. 
Sky News reported that the informal vote was marked with the word 
''no''.


Yes, that does leave open the possibility that the person thought 
they were voting on the spill.

But, if so, then the person concerned clearly can't count to two, or 
had had a *particularly* enjoyable, um, morning tea?

And a Returning Officer who's running several votes, especially in a 
highly-charged atmosphere, is well-advised to design the chits so 
that it's pretty clear to the voter which motion they're voting on.


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