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...
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...