Boring - but very very important - updated for 2016

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Today, I'd like to talk to you about something seriously boring. I do not - it will surprise you to learn - choose to talk about it because it's boring, but rather because it's important. Important because understanding it (or not) could affect your future, and the future of everyone you know. I'm talking, fellow Australians, about what happens

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[nixwilliams]

it always amazes me how little people know about the our electoral system.

[tcpip]

> all the way to the highest number for your least-favoured candidate.

I've always liked that feature of preferential voting - the ability to put someone last as well as first.