Change that counts :
Change that counts Segmentation what is it?
It is an outdated process that was adopted to determine the order in the distribution of excluded candidates voter’s preferences.
A wrong trying to fix a wrong, it was designed to primarily aid a manual count, minimise the number of ballot paper transfers and the reduce the distortion in the vote arising from a “paper based” surplus transfer system.
A trade off between accuracy, voters choice, democratic representation to facilitate the ease of a manual count.
Arbitrary, having limited basis of logic or fairness.
Electoral lotto, its implementation is hit and miss.
Does not reflect the voters intentions and in the process disenfranchises voter’s choice.
Change that counts :
Change that counts What are the alternatives and solution to the current system of segmentation?
Full segmentation of each transfer (FIFO)
Individual candidate’s primary votes (FIFO) and aggregated non-primary vote transfers
One single transaction per candidate
Last bundle
Better still - abolish it and replace it with a reiterative count or the Meeks Method as used in NZ