Who would’ve won without GVTs?
We now have an increasing sample size of elections conducted using single transferable vote with above-the-line voting but no group voting tickets: NSW since...
How did upper house preferences play out in 2018?
I've talked a bunch about the problems with group voting tickets in the upper house and the need for people to undermine the system...
Podcast #81: Introduction to the Victorian election
Ben is joined by Benita Kolovos from the Guardian Australia and Geoff Robinson from Deakin University to discuss the upcoming Victorian state election. We...
The Prahran paradox
The Greens won the seat of Prahran from third place on the primary vote in 2014. They won it again in 2018, again from...
The non-classic surge in Victoria
Politics in Victoria has been gradually becoming more multipolar over time, with a dropping vote for the major parties and an increasing presence for...
The declining major party vote in Victoria
One of the major stories of the recent federal election was the share of the vote for the major parties (defined here as Labor,...
Party registration points to massive Victorian ballots
The party registration process for the Victorian state election has now closed, with a massive field of 23 parties registered for the election. I...
Friends don’t let friends vote above the line in Victoria
If you're voting in the Victorian state election, you should vote below the line on your Legislative Council ballot paper. While the party how-to-votes...
Group voting tickets – here we go again
I feel like I've been banging on about group voting tickets for a long time, but with the upcoming Victorian election again featuring this...
Victorian election guide unlocked
The Tally Room guide to the Victorian state election has been online since the end of January, but until now most of it has...