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Are you allowed to talk about politics on YouTube?
Content providing sufficient educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context is allowed on YouTube. As always, we enforce our policies consistently, without regard to a video’s political viewpoint.
How does the AMS electoral system work?
In an election using the additional member system, each voter casts two votes: a vote for a candidate standing in their constituency (with or without an affiliated party), and a vote for a party list standing in a wider region made up of multiple constituencies.
How does a YouTube work?
YouTube provides a simple way for people to store videos online and share them with others. YouTube videos cover any topic anyone cares to upload a video about. YouTube encourages viewers to express their opinion of videos they watch, to store videos to watch later and to share videos they like.
Who is considered a politician?
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected seat in government. Politicians propose, support, and create laws that govern the land and, by extension, its people. Broadly speaking, a “politician” can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in the government.
What are some advantages of first past the post?
Generally FPTP favours parties who can concentrate their vote into certain voting districts (or in a wider sense in specific geographic areas). This is because in doing this they win many seats and don’t ‘waste’ many votes in other areas.
How does list voting work?
An election by list is an electoral system of political representatives by which the electors of an area vote for lists of candidates. If the system is an election by majority (absolute or relative), the list that win get all or a part of the representatives for that area. The system can be with one or two rounds.
What is a formal vote?
To ensure your vote counts, follow the instructions on the top of your ballot paper and complete it accordingly. This is called placing a formal vote. Only formal votes can be counted and contribute to the election result. An informal vote doesn’t contribute to the election result.