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Abstract For the first time in Papua New Guinea a new electoral process was trialed nationwide through its scheduled 2007 general elections. There had been prior widespread skepticism however, over its ability to ensure fairness and success. The main areas of concern were at the implementation level starting with the Electoral Commission and all its technical support through to the susceptibilities of officers, candidates and voters alike largely stemming from their own biases and corrupt predilections. Despite all of the misgivings however, PNG went through a fairly smooth election event with relatively minimal technical setbacks, which perhaps only time will uncurl. While noting some of the author’s experience and observations as a first time candidate in the national elections, this paper highlights some principal technical applications of the Limited Preferential Voting (LPV) that should require subsequent attention and improvement at policy level. This is a subjective discussion on the author’s experience as a candidate in the 2007 election in Papua New Guinea. . 1
Contents Abstract 1 Prologue 3 A Bird’s Eye View 3 My Own Little Story 8 Looking Across the Shoulders 15 Like a raindrop on a taro leaf: the inveterate approach 19 The Limited Preferential Voting Process 25 An Electoral Miscarriage 26 Too Many Candidates! 29 A Cultural Rationale 30 Conclusion: Leading the Leaders 32 Acknowledgement 35 Appendix 36 References Used 39 2
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