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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Preference whisperers reforms to group voting unlikely to happen before victorian election - The Untold Story

Voters fill out their ballots in the 2014 Victorian state election
Under Victoria’s group voting ticket system, voters choose just one party above the line on the ballot paper, after which their preferences are allocated by the party. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

An inquiry into Victoria’s “undemocratic” upper-house voting system is likely to be shelved until after the election.

Victoria’s Legislative Council is the only jurisdiction in Australia where group voting tickets are still allowed. Under the system, voters choose just one party above the line on the ballot paper, after which their preferences are allocated by the party.

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