Nationals experiment with open primaries
Via Pollbludger, a fascinating story in the Australian the other day has revealed plans by the NSW Nationals to trial using open primaries to...
Frome by-election
The electors of Frome in South Australia went to the polls today to elect a new member of the South Australian House of Assembly...
2009 election preview: Indonesia
Indonesia will go to the polls during 2009 for their second direct presidential election and to elect the new Indonesian Parliament. The legislative election...
2009 election preview: Japan
Japan will go to the polls for a national election in 2009, at any point up to September. The election will be contested by...
Barnaby Joyce for the lower house?
In response to claims of John Howard encouraging Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce to move to the House of Representatives, Sean Parnell has penned...
2009 election preview: South Africa
The Republic of South Africa will go to the polls for its fourth national election since the end of Apartheid, with the election expected...
Possum takes on Australia’s electorates
Over at Crikey's Pollytics blog, Possum has started a series profiling the demographics of all 150 Australian House of Representatives electorates. So far he...
Welcome to the new and improved Tally Room
Welcome to the new website. I'll be using this in place of my previous wordpress.com website. You'll notice a new design and the placement...
The Redistricting Game
A weekend treat for all you electoral nuts out there: I've just discovered the Redistricting Game. It's a net-based computer game built by people...
2009 election preview: Germany
Germany goes to the polls on September 27 for a federal election to elect a new Bundestag. Germany has been governed by a grand...