| Name of proportional representation system | Senate System. | |
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| Ballot Paper | Ticket Voting Above or beside the line voting | Yes. Above the line voting. |
| Rotation of candidate names | No. Order of names in each group determined by the party or group. Order of groups and ungrouped candidates on ballot paper determined by random draw. | |
| Directions | You may vote in one of two ways, Either number at least six boxes above the line for the parties or groups of your choice, or number at least 12 boxes below the line for individual candidates of your choice. |
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| Formality | A vote above the line will be informal:
A vote below the line is informal:
A single cross or tick above the line or below the line is accepted as a first preference. Where the elector has marked both above and below the line formally, the vote below the line for individual candidates takes preference. Otherwise, if one part is informal, the formal part is counted. |
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| Distribution of a Surplus | Method of distribution of surplus votes and calculation for new transfer value |
All of the elected candidates' ballot papers are distributed to pass on the surplus votes. The transfer value is calculated as follows: 
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| Election of a candidate | Exclusion of candidates | Bulk exclusion of candidates is permitted under certain conditions. All of the ballot paper parcels received by the excluded candidate distributed in decreasing order of magnitude. |
| Exclusion of the lowest candidate when two or more are equal | Exclude the candidate that had the lowest total the last time those candidates were unequal. If those candidates were equal at all times, exclude the candidate determined by the Australian Electoral Officer. | |
| Casual Vacancies | How is a casual vacancy filled? | The new member is chosen by the relevant State or Territory Parliament. If the vacating member was endorsed by a political party at the time of election, the replacement must if possible be a member of the same party. |
