Podcast #83: Victoria 2022 final week
Ben is joined by Andrea Carson and Stewart Jackson to wrap up the Victorian election campaign and look forward to election night.
This podcast is...
Voter confusion and the ballot order in the upper house
There are two parties running in the Victorian state election which share parts of their name with the major parties. In recent years, as...
How to ensure diversity without GVTs in the Victorian upper house
No-one can be in any doubt about my attitude towards group voting tickets - they need to go, and in the meantime, everyone should...
Tips for voting below the line
There is a lot of conversation out there about voting below the line on the Legislative Council ballot for the Victorian state election.
Usually when...
The growing early vote
As is the story across Australia, there has been a shift away from election day voting in Victoria over the last decade, which could...
What sort of vote leads to a win in the Victorian upper house?
When group voting tickets are used to elect a parliamentary body, it severs the clear link between the party's primary vote and whether they...
Podcast #82: Victoria’s twisted upper house voting system
Ben is joined today by Kevin Bonham to talk about the Victorian upper house voting system. We discuss the group voting tickets released on...
Group voting tickets released – a story of three blocs
The group voting tickets for the Victorian Legislative Council were lodged yesterday. With a record 22 separate groups running statewide and ballot papers spilling...
Victoria 2022 – Nominations close with record field
Victoria's ballot papers will be larger than ever, with lower house ballots in particular growing on average by about 46% compared to 2018, while...
What impact did below-the-line voting have on the 2018 results?
For the last few days I've been analysing how preferences flow under the group voting tickets, but of course not every voter votes above...