2026-05-09 15:27 UTC
@leadegroot@bne.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net a lot of people do follow HTV cards, but “compliance” (as I believe it’s called) varies by party preference. IIRC, the more traditional conservative the party of first preference, the more people follow the HTV cards. So Liberal and Labor HTVs have a stronger influence on actual votes cast than Green, independent or ON HTVs.
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@bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-09 20:48
@raaahbin@eigenmagic.net @leadegroot@bne.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net That’s why you occasionally get some good punch ups at the polling stations 😉 Long time ago worked a few times for AEC on the polling stations. Wife always got the stations where people giving out the HTC cards got into punch ups I just got the station where the sitting Member died the morning of the election…