India’s redistribution
I haven't managed to get my head around the consequences of India's electoral "delimitation" process, which saw most of the country's electorate boundaries redrawn...
John-Paul who?
Following Lawrence Springborg's election-night resignation has resulted in the election of largely-unknown Gold Coast MP John-Paul Langbroek as leader of the Queensland LNP. Langbroek...
India 2009: Maharashtra
Maharashtra is India's second-largest state, covering western parts of central India. The state's capital is Mumbai, India's largest city and financial capital.
Maharashtra has 48...
India 2009: Uttar Pradesh
The first round of voting in the world's largest election will take place in just over two weeks. Indian politics is far too big...
Abolishing the Electoral College?
Via FiveThirtyEight, there's an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal outlining efforts to effectively abolish the Electoral College in the US without changing...
Another NSW Greens senate candidate
I'm avoiding making personal comment on the worth of particular candidates or using my internal knowledge within the NSW Greens to comment on the...
Web 2.0 psephology
*Wait a moment while I clear away the cobwebs*
Hello all and welcome back from the post-Queensland unscheduled week-long break.
I thought I'd return to the...
Antony Green!
In celebration of the end of an election campaign, sing along to one of my favourite songs from Keating! the Musical, "Antony Green":
http://www.youtube.com/v/7-yZHGEuBwY&hl=en&fs=1
More information on Indro bogus flyer
Today's Australian carries an article reporting on fake how-to-vote cards handed out by a "Kristy Burchert" in Indooroopilly calling Greens MP Ronan Lee a...
Queensland ’09: winners and losers
WINNERS
As the results shake out, the biggest winner, of course is Anna Bligh and the ALP. In spite of the party ruling for 18...