Wales headed to devolution referendum
Wales looks set to hold a referendum in the next to devolve substantially more powers from the Parliament in Westminster to the Welsh Assembly.
Wales...
Green paper deadline looming
I have previously blogged about the Federal Government's second Green Paper on electoral reform. The government has new set up a forum for people...
Roll up
The NSW Government's proposed laws to allow the Electoral Commission to gather information from other government agencies and use it to update the roll,...
Junk psephology
From today's Crikey "Tips and Rumours" section:
The Liberals have decided to preference the Christian Democrats. This is a high risk policy as if they...
Hayes pushed towards Fowler
The Macarthur Chronicle has reported today that Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes has been offered a deal in which he would move to the...
22 Candidates in Bradfield
Candidates were announced today for the forthcoming Bradfield and Higgins by-elections, and an amazing twenty-two candidates have nominated in Bradfield. In Higgins, a more...
Labour and SNP go head to head in Glasgow North East
Result: Labour has held on against the SNP with 59.4% of the vote. The SNP polled 20%, while the Conservatives polled 5.2%. The BNP...
Canadian Tories inch closer to majority in by-election
A guest post by regular commenter Nick C.
Earlier this week by-elections took place to fill four vacant seats in the Canadian House of Commons....
The new-look Tally Room
Welcome to the newly redesigned Tally Room blog. I have changed to a new theme which mainly redesigns the front page. The top of...
Andrew Bartlett runs for Greens in Brisbane
The Greens have today announced that former Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett will run for the party in the federal seat of Brisbane at the...