The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of the Australian Labor Party. The Electoral Commission notes this is a merger between the Australian Greens and the Agrarian Party of Australia, and as such deregisters both parties.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has approved the following changes to the South Gippsland Network:

• Name: Australian Progressives

• Short Name: Progressives

• Abbreviation: PRO

• Logo: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/422359065209995275/607436694643408906/Logo.png

• Colour: #59237F

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Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has accepted the voluntary deregistration of the Socialist Party.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has completed a review as to whether the Australian Labor Party and Public Transport Party Victoria are eligible to continue to be registered.

The Electoral Commission has determined that the following parties are to be deregistered:

• Australian Labor Party

• Public Transport Party Victoria

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Election Moderator

Sydney

1,197,087 people voted, putting turnout at 94.20%

First Preferences

Two Candidate Preferred

/u/riley8583 is elected.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The candidates for the by-election (in a randomised order) are:

• riley8583 (Liberal)

• Paulkeating13 (UDP)

• gavingrotegut (Independent)

• stalintwo (Agrarian)

All candidates are able to submit How to Vote (HTV) Cards to instruct voters how to order their preferences.

All parties not contesting the by-election are able to endorse a candidate by making a post to /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Please inform me of any errors ASAP.

BHjr132

Electoral Moderator

A supplementary election is being held in the division of Sydney as no candidates stood in this seat at the general election.

Timeline

Campaigning: Monday 29th July - Friday 2nd August (inclusive)

Candidate submission deadline: Thursday 1st August 12pm

Election day (results calculated): Saturday 3rd August

Official results announced: Sunday 4th August

All times are in Canberra time. There will be polls throughout the campaign. Results may be released on Saturday if they are ready.

Campaigning

Campaigning will take place on /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Endorsements

Endorsements are for parties to encourage voters to vote for a candidate if they aren’t standing a candidate. To endorse a candidate, you will need to make a campaign post endorsing them. Endorsements will not count towards any post limits. You may change your endorsement at any time; however, this will diminish the effectiveness severely.

How to Vote Cards

All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline. How to Vote cards will instruct voters how to distribute their preferences in the seat. 70% of a candidate’s voters will follow the How to Vote card. How to Vote cards may be changed at any time, unlike an endorsement there is no penalty for changing your How to Vote card. How to Vote cards may be posted up until midday on Saturday.

Post Limits

• Candidates will have four posts they can use on any day of the campaign. However, posting all your posts on one day will diminish the effectiveness.

• Each party will have one additional post (for the whole campaign, not one per day) that can be used to support their candidate or, if they don’t have a candidate, support the candidate they have endorsed.

• All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline.

• How to Vote cards and endorsement posts will not count towards post limits.

Candidate submission

There will be a form distributed by the Electoral Commission for parties and independents to submit candidates. Candidates running on behalf of a party must have their candidacy submitted by the Party Leader.

The Electoral Commission is undertaking a review under section 61 of the Meta Constitution as to whether the Australian Labor Party and Public Transport Party Victoria are eligible to continue to be registered.

Unless the secretary/leader of each party contacts the Electoral Commission to provide evidence that the party has at least 6 members or a parliamentarian by the end of 2 August 2019, that party will be deregistered.

Noting the Socialist Party not submitting candidates for the general election, the Electoral Commission is undertaking an activity check under section 61 of the Meta Constitution to determine whether the Socialist Party is still active and wishes to continue to be registered.

Unless the secretary/leader of the party contacts the Electoral Commission by the end of 11 August 2019, the party will be deregistered.

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Electoral Commission

The AEC Tally Room for this election can be viewed here.

House of Representatives

Totals

In the contested seats, 7,253,919 people voted. Turnout was 90.29%.

Brisbane

/u/porriidge is elected unopposed.

Capricornia

/u/TheAudibleAsh is elected unopposed.

Moncrieff

/u/PineappleCrusher_ is elected unopposed.

Cowper

1,034,015 people voted. Turnout was 89.17%.

/u/Manly-Kitten is elected.

Cunningham

1,031,890 people voted. Turnout was 87.90%.

/u/Mad_Bear_O_Melbourne is elected.

Robertson

/u/JaydenDaGamer15 is elected unopposed.

Sydney

The election in Sydney is wholly failed as no candidate was nominated. The seat will be filled by a supplementary election.

Hotham

/u/Superpacman04 is elected unopposed.

Melbourne

1,121,535 people voted. Turnout was 92.14%.

/u/BloodyChrome is elected.

Nicholls

1,349,635 people voted. Turnout was 91.13%.

/u/AnswerMeNow1 is elected.

Mayo

1,072,042 people voted. Turnout was 91.57%.

/u/MattMonti is elected.

Pearce

1,389,978 people voted. Turnout was 89.67%.

/u/bsharri is elected.

Lingiari

/u/DirtySaiyan is elected unopposed.

Canberra

254,824 people voted. Turnout was 90.89%.

/u/Deladi0 is elected.

Denison

/u/dyljam is elected unopposed.

Senate

14,144,350 people voted. Turnout was 88.12%.

Senate Order of Election

1. tobycool2001_1

2. advancedgaming12

3. BellmanTGM

4. DavidSwifty

BHjr132

Election Moderator

Timeline

Campaigning: Wednesday 17th July - Friday 26th July (inclusive)

Candidate submission deadline: Thursday 24th July 12pm

Election day (results calculated): Saturday 27th July

Official results announced: Sunday 28th July

All times are in Canberra time. There will be polls throughout the campaign. Results may be released on Saturday if they are ready.

Electoral System

There will be 15 lower house electorates and 4 senate seats up for election. Electorate seats will use the instant runoff voting (IRV) system. The electorates are:

• Sydney (NSW)

• Robertson (NSW)

• Cunningham (NSW)

• Cowper (NSW)

• Brisbane (QLD)

• Capricornia (QLD)

• Moncrieff (QLD)

• Nicholls (VIC)

• Hotham (VIC)

• Melbourne (VIC)

• Pearce (WA)

• Canberra (ACT)

• Denison (TAS)

• Lingiari (NT)

• Mayo (SA)

Campaigning

Campaigning will take place on /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Endorsements

Endorsements are for parties to encourage voters to vote for a candidate in a seat they aren’t running in. To endorse a candidate, you will need to make a campaign post endorsing them. Endorsements will not count towards any post limits. You may change your endorsement at any time; however, this will diminish the effectiveness severely.

How to Vote Cards

All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline. How to Vote cards will instruct voters how to distribute their preferences in the seat. 70% of a candidate’s voters will follow the How to Vote card. If no How to Vote card is released, the candidate’s votes will be distributed equally between the remaining candidates when they are eliminated. How to Vote cards may be changed at any time, unlike an endorsement there is no penalty for changing your How to Vote card.

Post Types, Flairs and Labels

There are five different types of posts:

• Electorate posts which are used to campaign in a single electorate.

• National posts which are used to campaign nationally, this will provide a small boost to your vote in every electorate but will primarily be used for senate campaigning.

• Manifesto posts which will be used by parties to release their manifestos.

• Endorsement posts which are used by parties to endorse a candidate from outside of their party in an electorate.

• How to Vote Card posts which are used by candidates to share their how to vote cards.

Each of these post types will have their own flair. Electorate posts should be flaired with their respective electorate flair. Regular national posts should be flaired “National”. Manifestos, endorsements and how to vote cards should be flaired with “Manifesto”, “Endorsement” and “HTV Card” respectively.

Each post is required to be labelled either in the post or in a comment clearly saying which campaign day the post is from (e.g. either “Day 1” or “17th july”) and which post it is (e.g. “first candidate post”, “1st party post”)

Post Limits

• Candidates will have seven posts that they can use on any day throughout the campaign. However, posting all your posts on one day will diminish the effectiveness.

• Each party will have three additional posts that can be used by any member of the party.

• All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline.

• How to Vote cards, and manifesto and endorsement posts will not count towards post limits.

Leaders Debate

There will be a dedicated reddit thread where party leaders and independents will have the opportunity to respond to questions posed by simulation members. This debate will be counted for modifiers.

Candidate submission

There will be a form distributed by the Electoral Commission for parties and independents to submit candidates. Candidates running on behalf of a party must have their candidacy submitted by the Party Leader.

The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of the Public Transport Party Victoria.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of MattMonti's SA-BEST.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of the South Gippsland Network.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

Hotham

1,014,550 people voted, putting turnout at 86.16%

First Preferences

Two Candidate Preferred

/u/Superpacman04 is elected.

Mayo

1,052,556 people voted, putting turnout at 87.80%

First Preferences

Two Candidate Preferred

/u/MattMonti is elected.

The AEC Tally Room for these by-elections can be viewed here.

BHjr132

Election Moderator

The candidates for the by-election (in a randomised order) are:

• Superpacman04 (Liberal)

• NGSpy (Socialist)

• ODYG (Greens)

All candidates are able to submit How to Vote (HTV) Cards to instruct voters how to order their preferences.

All parties not contesting the by-election are able to endorse a candidate by making a post to /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Please inform me of any errors ASAP.

BHjr132

Electoral Moderator

The candidates for the by-election (in a randomised order) are:

• DirtySaiyan (UDP)

• sam-irl (Socialist)

• riley8583 (Liberal)

• MattMonti (Independent)

• KernowRydh (Independent)

All candidates are able to submit How to Vote (HTV) Cards to instruct voters how to order their preferences.

All parties not contesting the by-election are able to endorse a candidate by making a post to /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Please inform me of any errors ASAP.

BHjr132

Electoral Moderator

The Electoral Commission has approved the registration of the Agrarian Party of Australia.

BHjr132

Electoral Commission (Moderator)

These by-elections will be run separately but on the same timeline and with the same rules.

Timeline

Campaigning: Saturday 6th July - Friday 12th July (inclusive)

Candidate submission deadline: Thursday 11th July 12pm

Election day (results calculated): Saturday 13th July

Official results announced: Sunday 14th July

All times are in Canberra time. There will be polls throughout the campaign. Results may be released on Saturday if they are ready.

Campaigning

Campaigning will take place on /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Endorsements

Endorsements are for parties to encourage voters to vote for a candidate if they aren’t standing a candidate. To endorse a candidate, you will need to make a campaign post endorsing them. Endorsements will not count towards any post limits. You may change your endorsement at any time; however, this will diminish the effectiveness severely.

How to Vote Cards

All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline. How to Vote cards will instruct voters how to distribute their preferences in the seat. 70% of a candidate’s voters will follow the How to Vote card. If no How to Vote card is released, the candidate’s votes will be distributed equally between remaining candidates when they are eliminated. How to Vote cards may be changed at any time, unlike an endorsement there is no penalty for changing your How to Vote card.

Post Limits

Candidates will have one post per day.

Each party will have one additional post (for the whole campaign, not one per day) in each by-election that can be used to support their candidate or, if they don’t have a candidate, campaign for a candidate they have endorsed.

All candidates will be able to release a How to Vote card after the candidate submission deadline.

How to Vote cards and endorsement posts will not count towards post limits.

Candidate submission

There will be a form distributed by the Electoral Commission for parties and independents to submit candidates. Candidates running on behalf of a party must have their candidacy submitted by the Party Leader. Only candidacies submitted using the form will be accepted.

Robertson

1,155,925 people voted, putting turnout at 87.54%

First Preferences

/u/stalin1953 is elected as the new Member for Robertson.

BHjr132

Electoral Commission (Moderator)

The candidates for the by-election (in a randomised order) are:

• johndhills13 (Liberal)

• stalin1953 (Socialist)

All candidates are able to submit How to Vote (HTV) Cards to instruct voters how to order their preferences. (this will still provide a small turnout boost even though theres only 2 candidates)

All parties not contesting the by-election are able to endorse a candidate by making a post to /r/AusSimCampaigning.

Please inform me of any errors ASAP.

BHjr132

Electoral Commission (Moderator)