> STEP 3 Democrats eliminated. Their preferences go to Family First
rather 
> than Greens. Bad luck for Democrat voters who prefer the Greens.

[cut]

> STEP 5 And now the big one. ALP eliminated. And it turns out 
> that Labor too 
> would prefer Family First to win the seat than the Greens.
> 
> Family First 436,500
> 
> Greens 234,697
> 
> Only one in 10 of these voters actually voted for Family 
> First. But the 
> other parties voted for it, and that - and above all, Labor's 
> choice - 
> decided the seat.

Which is why it is worth the time and effort to vote below the line -
after all, it only takes a couple of minutes more to influence who is
going to be in power for three years.

Judy

--
"There is no socially and politically neutral theology; in the struggle
for life and death, theology must take sides." - Miguez Bomino

Rev Judy Redman
Uniting Church Chaplain
University of New England
Armidale 2351
ph:  +61 2 6773 3739
fax: +61 2 6773 3749
web:  http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/
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