tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post3590633850387431700..comments2024-03-28T14:16:10.498+11:00Comments on Dr Kevin Bonham: State Election Post-Count: DenisonKevin Bonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-52757435507932134202014-03-26T22:33:29.291+11:002014-03-26T22:33:29.291+11:00I don't think anyone here has used the "s...I don't think anyone here has used the "social conservative" tag without some degree of qualification - eg "by Labor standards", "a bit of" etc. On those terms I can't see why it isn't valid. In terms of the general left/right assessment of a range of social issues her positions on specific issues would be very variable.<br />Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-39389577049811664802014-03-26T22:17:03.435+11:002014-03-26T22:17:03.435+11:00Having spoke to Madeline several times, I believe ...Having spoke to Madeline several times, I believe the social conservative tag doesn't quite hit the mark. She may not be quite in Greens supporter territory, but she is definitely in the centre-left on social issues.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279311494127044640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-42480130299492220332014-03-25T18:28:32.280+11:002014-03-25T18:28:32.280+11:00Primarily anti-euthanasia. Has also supported som...Primarily anti-euthanasia. Has also supported some changes to recent abortion law amendments (at least in the area of what doctors who might have moral objections or non-mainstream views about health risks are allowed/required to tell patients). And has supported (albeit in a questionnaire only to my knowledge) the so-called "Nordic model" of attempting to control prostitution by criminalising the purchase of sex. (Support for this model does not necessarily entail a conservative viewpoint overall as some "radical" feminists also support it.)Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-70672801615563236702014-03-25T14:38:42.905+11:002014-03-25T14:38:42.905+11:00Interesting to hear Ogilvie is a bit of a social c...Interesting to hear Ogilvie is a bit of a social conservative. From what ive read, shes very progressive on asylum seekers. <br /><br />Pro life? Lewisandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224040088945383217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-16824679201148831872014-03-22T22:01:36.004+11:002014-03-22T22:01:36.004+11:00Yes, the Senate has computerised entry of below th...Yes, the Senate has computerised entry of below the line votes and a "button press". This is much easier in the current (and hopefully soon to be ex-) Senate system because so many votes are 1 above the line and don't need to be individually entered manually.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-71255493138982216832014-03-22T21:48:34.854+11:002014-03-22T21:48:34.854+11:00OK thanks. That was my original understanding, but...OK thanks. That was my original understanding, but I thought things may have changed. Does the Senate, perhaps, have a software "button", or did I dream it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011823357390549019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-48436277929175835682014-03-22T18:37:48.109+11:002014-03-22T18:37:48.109+11:00Ballots are not entered into a computer and there ...Ballots are not entered into a computer and there is no "button". All distributions are conducted by hand. The vote totals are entered into a computer which then instructs which part of the preference distribution process is to be conducted next. Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-49416714874222947142014-03-22T12:33:19.028+11:002014-03-22T12:33:19.028+11:00Thanks as always for your analysis, Kevin.
Is eac...Thanks as always for your analysis, Kevin.<br /><br />Is each ballot individually entered into a computer at some point (as I think it is with the Senate)? If so, is there anything stopping 'the button' from being pushed earlier? If at every point of exclusion the margin required to change the result is greater than the total number of possible remaining postal ballots for that electorate, could the results be declared?<br /><br />Even if the margins are smaller than the number of possible remaining ballots, could the button still be pressed and re-pressed as ballots arrive? People such as yourself could still provide the chances for each candidate based on that - many would still be in the dark, but some candidates might be revealed as winners regardless of how the count progresses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17011823357390549019noreply@blogger.com