Preferences

Pirate Party Australia, in keeping with being transparent and participatory will be making out Senate preference deals as open and as democratic as the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) allows. The policy and pre-selection meeting held on the weekend of April 6-7 2013 voted to task the NC to clarify and accept the following process which is to be discussed, amended and confirmed at the National Council meeting on April 10.

The preference template will be determined by ballot of the members.
 * Preferences will be determined using the alternative vote system
 * Any addition to the AEC register of parties will automatically trigger a reballot for the preference template

Preference deals must be ratified by the majority of the membership.
 * Preference deals are not mathematical, just political

A committee made up of the Election Committee and interested and available Full Members will oversee the 48 hour preference submission period as mandated by the AEC.
 * Upon the beginning of the 48 hour preference submission period, the Committee will be tasked with researching the candidates missing from the original template.
 * During the first 24 hour period, the committee must convene to determine the final order based on the final senate candidate listing from the AEC
 * Any changes must be justified and announced to the party at the conclusion of the meeting that evening
 * Members have until 10am the next day to present any grievences to the committee
 * The committee must consider any grievences before the submission of the document
 * The document cannot be submitted before 12pm of the second day.