12 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION, 



R.S. TAS. 



Appendix 5. 



Rides for Conducting Pre-election Ballots, according to the 

 haunceston Voting System (based upon the Multiple Trans- 

 ferable Vote). 



Section 4. — Mode of Voting. 



(a) Where three or four candiates are to he elected the voter 

 l^laces within the squares opposite the names of the two candi- 

 dates \Ahose return he chiefly desires, the numl)er 1 ; and in 

 addition indicates the order of his preference for the remain- 

 ing candidates by placing within the squares opposite their 

 names the numbers 2, 3, 4, and so on. 



(b) Where five or six candidates are to be elected the voter 

 places within the squares opposite the names of the three candi- 

 dates whose return he chiefly desires, the number 1 ; and in 

 addition indicates the order of his preference for the remain- 

 ing candidates by placing within the squares opposite their 

 names the numbers 2, 3, 4, and so on. 



(c) Where seven ov eight candidates are to be elected the 

 voter places within the squares opposite the names of the 

 four candidates whose return he chiefly desires, the number 

 1; and in addition indicates the order of his preference for 

 the remaining candidates by placing within the squares oppo- 

 site their names the numbers 2, 3, 4, and so on. 



(c/) Voters must vote or show a preference for at least six 

 candidates, otherwise their voting-papers will be informal. 

 In the event of less than six candidates offering, a vote or 

 preference must be must be shown for each ciindidate. 



Section 5. — Definitions. 



In the following section, unless the contrary intention 

 .appears — 



"Returning oflicer " means the returning officer for the 



district. 

 "Quota" mci:is the nuniljer of votes sufficient to elect 



a candidate. 

 " Surplus " means the number of votes Vvhich a candidate 



h IS o')cai^:ed at any stage of the scrutiny, over and 



above the quota. 

 " First choice for a candidate " means the number 1 



placed in the square opposite his name. 

 " Second choice for a candidate " means the number 2 



placed in the square opposite his name. 

 " Next available candidate " on a)iy paper means the 



candidate not yet elected or excluded (and not nlready 



marked by the returning officer) to whom the next 



consecutive choice is to be credited. 

 "Transfer value" means that portion of a vote which is 



unused by — 



(a) An elected candidate who has ol>tained a sur- 



plus ; or 



(b) A o-ididate oxchuU^d on account of his being 



Ic) vest on the poll, nnd which is therefore 

 transferred to the candidate next in the order 

 of the voter's preference. The transfer value 

 of all votes is either 1 or some fraction of 1. 



