Australia has a strong history of innovation at the electoral level. The states have been the incubators for this innovation with Tasmania being one of the leaders. The Robson Rotation gets it name from Neil Robson's bill to the Tasmanian Assembly in 1979. The Tasmanian Assembly uses a preference voting system. One of the inefficiencies of the preference system that skews the outcome is the "donkey vote". The Robson Rotation limits the effect of this.
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