Election day open thread
Polls have now opened for election day for the Victorian state election.
Please use this post to discuss today's events, and also tonight's results.
I won't...
Victoria 2022 prediction thread
Today's post is a quick one. I've mostly finished my list of ideas for blog posts, so for today I'm just going to ask:...
Record early vote suggests a minority will vote on election day
With two days of pre-poll voting to come, the statistics so far suggest that a clear majority of voters will cast their ballot before...
Victorian voting patterns by type of vote
Last week I wrote about the growing numbers of people casting a pre-poll vote over the last few Victorian elections. For this blog post,...
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...