The countback process takes all the formal ballot papers from the original election, and is based on the proportional representation method of counting. The quota for the count is the same quota as at the original election.
Whilst the votes for previously elected candidates will be included, only a previously unsuccessful candidate can be elected. Once someone is elected the count will stop, noting that the countback does not affect the election of current council members that have not vacated.
A benefit of the countback system is that it allows representation to continue to be proportional to the preferences expressed by voters in the general election. The Victorian Electoral Commission website contains more information about by-elections and countbacks.
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A council is required, at least once every six years, to review its representation arrangements. It must consider -. They sit alongside the general wards and constituencies which also cover the whole city, district or region.
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Political party identification is a self-description rather than actual party registration and refers to personal partisan identification regardless of whether one is elected in a partisan or nonpartisan election. In , Democrats 35 percent outnumbered Republicans 31 percent among council members in all types of cities in This pattern was most pronounced in large cities, where Democrats were 52 percent of council members and Republicans 19 percent.
Meanwhile, small cities showed a very close balance between the two parties 36 percent were Democrats and 34 percent Republicans. In nonpartisan councils, there are far more members who consider themselves to be independents than in cities that use partisan elections 35 percent versus 15 percent. Hill, Jr. Washington, D. Svara, James H.
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