Barry Williams 19 Kinkead St EVAIT Sitthiphone Saysitthideth 1 LomatiaPl RIVEIT Nigel Grime 15 Winton PI HOLDER Canberra Party Jim Weston 28 Lindrum Cres HOLT Peter Burrows 4 Vela PI GIRALANG Glen Smith 3 Phillip Ave WATSON Tony Urbancik 5 Glass PI KAMBAH Lee Judd 4 Melbourne Ave DEAKIN Bernie Clough 59 Petterd St PAGE Canberra Unity Party MarionLe 269 Kingsford Smith Dr SPENCE Barry Reid 41 McEachern Cres MELBA Don Allan Block27 Sundown Village NARRABUNDAH Debbie Ellis 12 McManus PI CALWELL Ross Stuart 30 Daley Cres FRASER New Conservatives Robyn Nolan 30 Cruikshank St WANNIASSA Fran James 39 Cumpston PI MACGREGOR Wendy Carlton 2 Tarana St NARRABUNDAH Rita Cameron 45 Tullaroop St DUFFY Residents Rally Bernard Collaery 5 Brockman St NARRABUNDAH Norm Jensen 29 Harbison Cres WANNIASSA Chris Donohue 36 Watson St TURNER David Evans 1 Winstanley St CHAPMAN Lisa Middlebrook 2/37 Totterdell St BELCONNEN Jack Kershaw 9 WilsonSt CURTIN Silva Cengic 25 Phillip Ave WATSON Noel Haberecht 232Duffy St AINSLIE Australian Labo:r Party Rosemary Follett 177 Atherton St DOWNER Wayne Berry 46 Spofforth St HOLT Bill Wood 29 Fairfax St O'CONNOR Roberta McRae 38 Bindaga St ARANDA Terry Connolly 103 Caley Cres NARRABUNDAH Annette Ellis 14 Amherst St KAMBAH David Lamont 7 Sharwood Cres EVAIT Ellnor Grassby 7 Mountbatten Park Musgrave St YARRALUMLA David Wedgwood 12 Waterfield PI CHARNWOOD Marion Reilly 29 Wittenoom Cres STIRLING Anne Higgins 110 Caley Cres NARRABUNDAH Independent Candidates EmileBrunoro 3 Phillip Ave WATSON Tony Scott 12 Challinor Cres FLOREY Tony Spagnolo 16 Angas St AINSLIE Ron Hamilton 91 Dixon Drive DUFFY Lara Pullin 3 Hancock St SPENCE Derek Rosborough 8 Pimpampa Close ISABELLA PLAINS Published for the information of persons interested in the Australian electoral process by the 1 Australian Electoral Commission, PO Box E201 Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600, Ph 06 271 4431, Fax 06 2714558. No. 23, Jan 992 1992 ACT Election and Referendum Modifi d'Hondt The voting system used in the 1992 ACT Legislative Assembly election was first used in Australia in the ACT in 1989. It is a heavily modified versionofthed'Hondtsystem, a form oflist proportional representation used for elections in several Western democracies. Voting The ballot paper is divided horizontally by a line. The names of parties and independent candidates appear above the line; the names of party candidates appear below the line. To vote correctly you must write the number 1 in any box on the ballot paper - in the box next to the party or candidate of your choice. Then, if you wish, you may show as many further preferences as you like. You can do that by writing numbers from 2 onwards in any ofthe other boxes on the ballot paper. You do not have to number all the boxes. Party voting tickets Parties have the option oflodging party voting tickets. If you vote either above or below the line for a party that has lodged a party voting ticket, and that party is excluded at Stage 3 of the count (see below), your vote may be counted towards a continuing party or independent candidate as indicated on that party's voting ticket. To have your vote treated as a ticket vote in this way, you may show as many preferences for candidates of that one party as you wish, in any order, or vote above the line in the party box; so long as you do not show preferences for any other party or independent candidate. Copies of the party voting ticket are displayed in all polling places. Counting the Votes While voting is easy, the scrutiny, or count, for elec- tions under this system in extremely complicated, and it will take some weeks before a fmal result is known. 83 candidates contest ACT poll Eighty-three candidates will contest the 15 Febru- ary election for the ACT Legislative Assembly. At the close of nominations on 24 January, 83 candidates had nominated, representing 11 parties and six independent candidates. In 1989, 22 parties and nine independent candidates stood for election and there were a total of 117 candidates. Details of the candidates who have nominated for the 17 member Legislative Assembly begin on page 3. The contest for seats is, in the first instance, between parties and independent candidates. Parties can win seats; so can independent candidates. Party candidates, however, can win seats only as a consequence of their parties having won seats. The counting procedure has eight steps: Step 1 Ballot papers are checked and informal ones ex- cluded. Step 2 First preference votes are counted. If a ballot paper has the number 1 in the box beside a party or independent candidate this will be counted as a first preference vote for that party or candidate. Ifthe ballot paper shows a number 1 for a particular party candidate that will be counted as a first preference for that candidate's party. Step 3 Parties and independent candidates who do not receive a quota (approximately 5.56%) of first preference votes are excluded from further counting. Their preferences are transferred to the remaining parties and candidates. The quota is calculated by dividing the total number of first Continued over Australian Electoral Comrnission. w:c Archived for historical research only