Senate Election Shows Suspicious Vote Cliff Pattern Across All 20 Groups
Sharp vote drops between Senate candidates across all 20 electoral groups suggest the selection process lacked fairness, with critics citing unexplained scoring disparities as evidence of bias.
Senate election documents have been released revealing a pattern called "vote cliffs"—sharp and unexplained drops in vote counts between consecutive rankings—across all 20 electoral groups, which critics argue is credible evidence that the Senate selection process was neither fair nor impartial. The documents show rankings 1 through 15 for each group, with stars indicating candidates selected as full senators (ranks 1–10) and circles indicating alternates (ranks 11–15), with downward arrows marking the dramatic vote drops between positions 6 and 7 in most groups. The data shows consistent patterns: in Group 1, candidates in positions 1–6 received 74, 71, 67, 61, 60, and 55 votes respectively, then dropped sharply to 28, 26, 22, and 16 votes for positions 7–10; Group 2 showed similar cliffing from 45 votes at position 6 down to 29 at position 7; and Group 14 exhibited an especially dramatic drop of 24 votes between positions 5 and 6. These pronounced scoring disparities across all 20 groups are presented as evidence that the selection process lacked integrity and transparency.
