Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trade secret”

Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by sgryphon on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @09:53PM (#8040190)

Not really the same as the raw input, because while most people vote above the line, there will be a small number who vote below the line, and the incremental count doesn't show if these were allocated correctly.

The best you could do is compare the expected flow each step, based on group voting ticket, against the actual flow, and make sure the total difference does not exceed the number of below the line votes.

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Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by dwd on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @11:26PM (#8040411)

Do they publish how many people vote below the line?

Edit: Antony green has an estimate used in his calculator. "At Federal election, around 95% of mainland voters, and 80% of Tasmanian voters, fill in their ballot paper using the group ticket ('above the line') voting option."

http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/calculator/sena...

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Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by taejo on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @04:24AM (#8041073)

Any speculation on way Tasmania votes below the line so much more than the mainland?

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Re:Software used to count Australian Senate votes is a “trad... by dwd on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @04:49AM (#8041142)

I would think it comes down to the number of candidates because you either number one box above the line or every box below.

With the number of candidates doubling last election, Tasmania was probably more like 90%.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2013/08/record-number-of...

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