Micro party MPs with less than 3 per cent of the primary vote have been elected once again in Victoria's upper house, prompting renewed calls for the unique system to be scrapped.
abc.net.au/news/victoria-upper-house-voting-system-group-voting-tickets/101782836Micro party MPs with less than 3 per cent of the primary vote have once again been elected to Victoria's upper house, prompting renewed calls for the unique group voting system to be scrapped.At this election, less than 10 per cent of Victorians voted below the line in the upper house
Jeff Bourman of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party was returned with just 2.9 per cent to the Eastern Victoria Region, and David Limbrick of the Liberal Democrats was re-elected with 3.5 per cent of the primary in South-East Metro Region. Ms Ratnam asked the government set up an expert panel within the next three months, to review the voting system and provide parliament with options for reform.
A government spokeswoman said: "The review of the election will be undertaken by the Electoral Matters Committee of the Parliament in the usual way and we'll assess the recommendations on their merits."
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