Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg … both want the current optional preferential voting system for State elections to stay in place
Voters opposed to the reintroduction of compulsory preferential voting in State elections are being urged to sign an online petition

April 29, 2016

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington today encouraged South Burnett voters to tell the State Government that their voice matters by signing an online petition.

The move comes after the State Government reintroduced compulsory preferential voting for State elections last Thursday night.

Mrs Frecklington said the petition would allow the community to send a message to the State Government.

“A recent poll of Queenslanders showed 61.6 per cent opposed compulsory preferential voting,” Mrs Frecklington said.

“The Premier has broken Queenslanders’ trust and now it’s time for our community to say we want our voice back in the State Government voting process,” Mrs Frecklington said.

“We need to tell them to bring back choice at the ballot box and scrap their sneaky plan to rig the next State election.”

Compulsory preferential voting requires voters to number every square on a ballot paper, rather than simply vote 1 for the candidate of their choice.

If they fail to do so, their vote isn’t counted.

A compulsory preferential voting system tends to favour the ALP because they attract as much as 75 per cent of all Greens preferences.

Election analysts believe that if the system had been in place at the last State Election, the ALP would have secured nine extra seats.

Voters can sign the ‘My Voice Matters’ petition at myvoicematters.org.au


 

One Response to "MP Encourages Voters
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  1. Of course the LNP wants this overturned, it disadvantages them because Labor voters will most likely preference the Greens and Green voters will most likely preference Labor. Too bad the two conservative parties merged because they used to do the same thing. Liberal votes used to push the Nationals over the line and vice versa.

    Labor were more than “sneaky” in attaching the preferential voting clause to the Bill, they were downright devious. As they were years ago when they set up the old gerrymander system. Labor were also the idiots who voted Queensland’s Upper House out of existence. Both of these came back to bite them big time. I wonder if their latest move will do the same? If the LNP gives way to its internal tensions and splits up?

    But all any of this proves, is that both sides treat the Parliament as something they can game to keep power. That’s why I’m disgusted in both of them.

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