Welcome to the Tally Room
Welcome to my new blog. I'll be regularly posting about my interests, mainly political issues, with a particular focus on electoral politics and electoral...
New South Australian electoral maps
With South Australia's state election coming up on March 20, I have taken the opportunity to improve the electoral maps for South Australia posted...
NSW council mergers hit a wall – and may go backwards
After multiple years of making plans and implementing them, the NSW government is now on the verge of announcing something which should have come much...
Europe 2009 – Austria
Austria elected 18 MEPs in 2004, and will elect 17 in 2009. All Austria's MEPs are elected to represent the entire country. MEPs are...
WA federal redistribution finalised, in a sense
The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the final boundaries for Western Australia for the next federal election.
While they have announced what changes have been...
How people fill out their ballots in NSW
In this blog post I'll be analysing how much people fill out their ballot paper, and how it differs between parties and based on...
Does incumbency help minor parties in the Victorian upper house?
When people defend group voting tickets, they often talk about the benefits of electing small parties and having a more diverse parliament. I have...
USA 2012: Democrats holding on to the Senate
After early signs indicating that the Democrats were in danger of losing control of the Senate this week, it now looks like the Democrats...
Seat in focus – East Hills
East Hills was one of the last seats the Liberal Party gained off Labor in 2011, with Liberal candidate Glenn Brookes winning the seat off...
Referendums at the NSW council elections
Voters at the upcoming council elections aren't just voting for their local councillors. In a number of councils voters are also voting on questions...