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...
Victoria 2022 – one more candidate update
I last updated my Victorian state election candidate list at the start of October, so it seemed about time for another update, about two...
Podcast #80: Papua New Guinea revisited
Ben is joined by Michael Kabuni to wrap up this year's Papua New Guinea election. We talk about levels of violence and election disruption,...
South Australia’s tiny wards
South Australian voters are currently going to the polls to elect their local councillors for the next four years. Voting takes place by mail,...
Podcast #79: Tasmanian council elections preview
Ben is joined by Tasmanian psephologist Kevin Bonham to discuss the upcoming Tasmanian council elections - the electoral systems, the emergence of local tickets,...
NSW Labor preselection ballot reveals unusual electoral system
The NSW Labor conference was held over the weekend, and as part of the conference there was a ballot to choose the ticket for...
Ryde council by-election a failure of policy
There's a by-election taking place today in the West ward of Ryde council in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The by-election was triggered by...