Senator On-Line
Encyclopedia
Senator Online (abr. SOL) is a registered Australian
political party
that contested the 2007 Federal election. In the five states the party contested, it received on average 0.06% of the vote (or roughly 6 votes for every 10,000 cast) with the greatest success in Victoria where it received 0.09% of the vote (or roughly 9 votes for every 10,000 cast).
Senator Online does not have any policies. Instead it has pledged to conduct an online poll
for every bill that passes before the Senate. Anyone on the Australian electoral roll who is not a member of another political party would be allowed to register to vote in these polls and will be allowed one vote per bill. The senators would then be required to vote in accordance with the clear majority (70% and more than 100,000 votes). If there is no clear majority the senators will abstain from voting.
Total percentage includes formal votes from uncontested states. Data compiled from AEC result spreadsheets, First Preferences by State by Vote Type and Votes By State.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
political party
Political party
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that contested the 2007 Federal election. In the five states the party contested, it received on average 0.06% of the vote (or roughly 6 votes for every 10,000 cast) with the greatest success in Victoria where it received 0.09% of the vote (or roughly 9 votes for every 10,000 cast).
Senator Online does not have any policies. Instead it has pledged to conduct an online poll
Electronic voting
Electronic voting is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes....
for every bill that passes before the Senate. Anyone on the Australian electoral roll who is not a member of another political party would be allowed to register to vote in these polls and will be allowed one vote per bill. The senators would then be required to vote in accordance with the clear majority (70% and more than 100,000 votes). If there is no clear majority the senators will abstain from voting.
Candidates
| New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | Western Australia | South Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Reilly | Robert Rose | Ben Peake | Daniel Mayer | Joel Michael Clark |
| Berge Der Sarkissian | Jenny Barrett | Sharon Bateson | Zoe Lamont | Courtney Clarke |
Results
| New South Wales | Victoria | Queensland | Western Australia | South Australia | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | 2257 | 3106 | 1251 | 824 | 610 | 8048 |
| % | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Total percentage includes formal votes from uncontested states. Data compiled from AEC result spreadsheets, First Preferences by State by Vote Type and Votes By State.
External links
- Senator Online Website
- Party Constitution
- Australian Electoral Commission page
- AEC: List of Senate Candidates CSVComma-separated valuesA comma-separated values file stores tabular data in plain-text form. As a result, such a file is easily human-readable ....
Media coverage
- The AustralianThe AustralianThe Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....
: New party pushes online votes by Patricia Karvelas 10/10/07 - mXMX (newspaper)mX is an Australian free afternoon daily newspaper in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, owned and produced by News Limited. Targeted at commuters, its main channels of distribution are inner-city railway stations, tram and bus stops, and major CBD intersections.-Beginnings:The first mX...
: Online party, Power to the people. by Rebecca Beisler 11/10/07 - SlashdotSlashdotSlashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
: Australians Running On-Line Poll Based Senators 15/10/07 - The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
: Online party hopes to click with voters by Asher Moses 18/10/07 - The Canberra TimesThe Canberra TimesThe Canberra Times newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by Arthur Shakespeare.It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being The Federal Capital Pioneer. The paper was sold to the Fairfax group in the 1960s by Arthur Shakespeare on the condition that it continue...
: Net party to hand power to masses. by Michael Ruffles 25/10/07 - CRN Australia: Democracy the Web 2.0 way by Mitchell Bingemann 29/10/07