"informal"). Possibilities are: Full preferential voting (FPV) requires all candidates to be ranked Optional preferential voting (OPV) requires only one candidate...

other than first-preference plurality or anti-plurality) Optional preferential voting Ranked voting methods, all election methods that involve ranking candidates...

from group voting tickets to optional preferential voting before the 2018 South Australian election. Instructions for above the line votes are to mark...

candidates in the running. A vote not fully marked as per requirement under full-preferential voting or semi-optional preferential voting may be declared rejected...

vote was significant. In 2016, the Senate voting system was changed again to abolish group voting tickets and introduce optional preferential voting....

Representatives, currently consists of 151 members, each elected using full preferential voting from single-member electorates (also known as electoral divisions...

Ranked-choice voting (RCV), preferential voting (PV), or the alternative vote (AV) is a multi-round elimination rule where the loser of each round is...

four-year terms. The voting method for the Assembly is the full-preferential voting system, having previously been optional preferential voting. Elections are...

parliamentary seats from 89 to 93, changing from optional preferential voting to full-preferential voting, and moving from unfixed three-year terms to fixed...

held mayoral and deputy mayoral elections. Electoral reform saw optional preferential voting introduced, and council representation changed to align with...