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No wasted votes >>> If your first choice party fails to pass the threshold, your vote goes to your second choice

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Posted on 6 Jun 20269 Jun 2026

Second Choice of Party Vote: In Germany too

Here’s a link to a German website advancing the second choice of party vote

https://www.mehr-demokratie.de/mehr-bewegen/kampagnen/rettet-die-stimmen

Right click and press ‘Translate to English’.

In Germany they call it Ersatztimme, meaning substitute vote. It’s the same idea this site is proposing for New Zealand.

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