Group voting ticket

A group voting ticket (GVT) is a simplified preferential voting system previously used in federal and several Australian state elections that used the single transferable vote or the instant-runoff voting system. Under the system, for multi-member electoral divisions, a group or party registers a GVT before an election with the electoral commission. When a voter selects a group or party “above the line” on a ballot paper, their vote is distributed according to the registered GVT for that group. The system continues to be used for the upper houses of the Australian state parliaments of Victoria and Western Australia. It has been abolished by New South Wales and South Australia. It was used in the Australian Senate from the 1984 federal election until the 2013 federal election. A form of GVT is used for some elections in Fiji. A group voting ticket (GVT) is a simplified preferential voting system previously used in federal and several Australian state elections that used the single transferable vote or the instant-runoff voting system. Under the system, for multi-member electoral divisions, a group or party registers a GVT before an election with the electoral commission. When a voter selects a group or party “above the line” on a ballot paper, their vote is distributed according to the registered GVT for that group. The system continues to be used for the upper houses of the Australian state parliaments of Victoria and Western Australia. It has been abolished by New South Wales and South Australia. It was used in the Australian Senate from the 1984 federal election until the 2013 federal election. A form of GVT is used for some elections in Fiji.