You can cast up to 4 votes in the senatorial election, but you do not have to use them all. So the question is how many to use? Generally you should try to use all 4 votes if possible as that keeps out those you do not want. However that does not work if you really want one or two , but are not fussed about the others. My recommended approach is this.
Put your four candidates in order from most preferred to least. If you would be comfortable to find your first choice lost out by one vote to your last choice, cast all the votes on your list. However if you would be very unhappy to find your first choice lost out by one vote to your last choice, remove your last choice. Repeat the whole for the new shorter list until you have a list where you are happy for any to be elected ahead of any other on it.
This would be a much easier operation for the electorate if we had single transferable voting (STV).
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About Me
- Mark Forskitt
- Sometime research engineer, organic smallholder, campaigner, micro business entrepreneur, software designer, C.O., care leaver and father. Trying to be the change I want to see in the world. I have been a County Councillor in Nottinghamshire, and until recently I was the chair of the Jersey Climate Action Network. I was an active member of the Liberal and then Liberal Democrat parties in the UK and was on the national committee of the Liberal Ecology group for some years. I also chaired the Nottingham Area Students Council.
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Saw you at the St Helier Hustings last night Mark. You have my vote. Only casting two, the other will go to Stuart Syvret.
Good luck tomorrow.
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