NSW redistribution – updated figures

Last year, I wrote up an analysis of the prospects for the current redistribution of federal electorates in NSW. In late April, the final population data,...

Tasmanian LC 2015 – results wrap-up

Voters on Saturday voted in three out of fifteen Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates, and in all three they re-elected their incumbent MLCs. In the north-eastern...

Tasmanian Legislative Council election results

7:38pm - Most booths have now reported in all three seats, and in Derwent and Mersey the result seems pretty clear. In Windermere, Ivan...

iVote – the other side of the story

Two weeks ago, I wrote a post explaining the problems that have cropped up around the NSW Electoral Commission's iVote internet voting system, and...

NSW 2015 – voters shift away from election day and postal voting

The recent NSW state election saw a continuation of the long-term trend of less and less people casting ordinary election-day votes. In addition, in...

Post-election website update

Now that the NSW election is coming to a close, I wanted to give an update on how the website is going, and my plans...

The next election – Tasmanian Legislative Council guide launched

At this point, we are largely finished with the NSW state election, although I have a few more blog posts to come later this...

NSW 2015 – Legislative Council count finalised

Earlier today the NSW Electoral Commission "pushed the button" for the Legislative Council election, and approximately half an hour we had a result in...

NSW 2015 – Greens vote concentrated

One of the stories on election night was the mixed news for the Greens. On the one hand, the party had a tremendous result...

iVote – how did it go so wrong?

At the recent NSW state election, the iVote internet voting system was used for the second time. The internet voting system is one of...