Change of location: Voter Note
Hello I am in the process of moving my posts on electoral matters to a different blog. It is called Voter Note,
Posts
Is Farrer WON? (Federal by-election) [edited]
The short answer: YES and: NO..... not yet. Really? But why?
FARRER in the spotlight
By-election in NSW Division of Farrer 9/5/26 https://www.aec.gov.au/farrer/candidates.htm Twelve candidates. Remember to number EVERY box with valid numbers. Saturday for you?
Things Electoral (edited)
Things Electoral - a summary Anyway, here, and following post, are answers to the questions you did not want to ask: This is not about which boxes you mark 1, 2, 3 etc., it is about marking boxes and being counted. The business of an electoral official is NEVER to tell you what to vote. The official’s business is to ensure you can vote. WHAT you vote is your business. (I am no longer an official of any kind but I keep to that idea in my posts.)
Voting Numbers in South Australia (edited)
The voters in South Australia had two ballot papers, very like in an Australian Federal election. The voter was required to number all boxes on their lower house (Assembly) ballot paper. Full preferential voting was used. Failure to preference all candidates made a ballot informal. Some people think full preferential voting ought not to be used. Others think preferences after 1 should be optional. What do you think?