Preferences

=Preference Process=

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 National Council adopted the following process for managing preferences:

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 24 hour preference submission period as mandated by the AEC.
 * Upon the beginning of the 24 hour preference submission period, the Committee will be tasked with researching the candidates missing from the original template.
 * During that 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
 * The committee must consider any grievances before the submission of the document

Responses from other parties:

 * Australian Democrats
 * Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party
 * Australian Greens
 * Australian Independents
 * Australian Stable Population Party
 * Building Australia Party
 * Family First Party
 * Future Party
 * Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party
 * Liberal Democratic Party
 * No Carbon Tax Climate Change Skeptics
 * One Nation
 * Secular Party
 * Senator Online

Other Information

 * Pirate Party Press Release on these preferencing plans: http://pirateparty.org.au/2013/07/18/pirate-party-leads-the-way-with-transparent-preferencing/
 * Video that explains how Senate votes are counted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTamidDoG6g
 * AEC Website with a Senate 'How to Vote' overview: http://www.aec.gov.au/voting/How_to_vote/Voting_Senate.htm
 * AEC website detailing how the Senate votes are counted: http://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/counting/senate_count.htm

=Preference Results=

The ballots are now closed the the Group Voting Tickets are submitted and published.

Our full statement on our preferences can be found here: http://pirateparty.org.au/2013/08/18/preferencing-statement-for-federal-election-2013/

But for ease of reference the order as determined by initial ballot is listed below  (note that state by state the final order varies as per the voted on deals listed below this list) :

This order is varied state by state according to the following deals which were also voted on by the membership:

*Note. See here for information about why the Democrats deal is considered null and void

Preferences Tools

 * http://preferences.theglobalmail.org/ Visualisation of each party preference orders
 * http://www.belowtheline.org.au/ Tool to help you determine your below the line vote if you wish to vote below the line
 * http://senate.io/ Drag and drop your preferred order to help you vote below the line