Group voting tickets hold on in Victoria
Victoria looks set to continue to use group voting tickets to elect its upper house in November's election. Victoria is the only remaining jurisdiction...
Does tactical voting happen in Australia?
A common talking point when discussing Australia's electoral system is that it eliminates the need for tactical voting. This is usually true, but there...
Nominations close in South Australia
Nominations in the South Australian state election closed on Monday. The near-death of SA-Best has seen a decline in the number of candidates running...
Podcast #65: SA election kick-off
In this episode, Ben introduces the South Australian state election with Tom Richardson from InDaily.
Check out the Tally Room guide to the South...
SA state election guide unlocked
We're less than three weeks out from the next South Australian state election, and I'll be covering that election in more depth over that...
Federal election candidate list – more women running
I have just finished a big update of my list of candidates running for the House of Representatives at the upcoming federal election, and...
The great NSW iVote crash
The NSW Electoral Commission is currently in court seeking to have three council elections thrown out - not because of any failures on the...
NSW by-elections – how similar were postals, pre-polls and election day?
Saturday saw the first counting of postal votes, a week on from the four by-elections in New South Wales. The postal vote data in...
Podcast #64: NSW by-elections wrap-up
Ben is joined by William Bowe from the Poll Bludger to discuss Saturday's by-elections in New South Wales, with a particular focus on how...
NSW by-elections – what comes next?
Last night's counting for the four New South Wales state by-elections probably set some records for the smallest proportion of the total vote to...