NSW 2019 – Final upper house preference count
The New South Wales election process came to a close this morning when the button was pushed for the New South Wales Legislative Council,...
Nomination checklists and ineligibility
Nominations for the federal election will close next Tuesday, April 23. This is the first full federal election since a massive number of federal...
Book review – Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage
I just recently finished From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage by Judith Brett, and I thought it was an excellent read and would be of...
Federal election called
Scott Morrison visited the Governor-General early this morning, calling the federal election for May 18.
It's unusual to call a federal election on a Thursday....
NSW 2019 – upper house count nears its end
We are now very close to the end of counting for the NSW Legislative Council. The original plan was to finish data entry on...
NSW 2019 – lower house swing map and new pendulum
Counting has now concluded for the Legislative Assembly as part of the New South Wales state election - the Legislative Council will be concluded...
NT redistribution – submissions released
While I've been focused on the NSW state election I've missed the start of the Northern Territory's redistribution of the 25 electorates for the...
Federal candidate list update
EDIT: Thanks for all the updates I've received today. I've now updated the spreadsheet which is now up from 667 candidates to 679 (plus...
WA state redistribution – starting numbers
While we're all focused on the federal election and the recent NSW state election, a number of redistributions have been kicked off for Western...
NSW 2019 – other close seat maps
I've been compiling booth maps of a bunch of the closest races. I have two more to post for Coogee and Upper Hunter. I...