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Polls have now closed. I won't be trying to do a Tally Room liveblog tonight - you can find me at the Guardian liveblog. I also won't be tweeting - if I want to do my own little updates I'll do it at Mastodon -...

Polls have now opened for election day for the Victorian state election. Please use this post to discuss today's events, and also tonight's results. I won't be posting a liveblog as I will be blogging at the Guardian, but I will be back with further analysis...

Today's post is a quick one. I've mostly finished my list of ideas for blog posts, so for today I'm just going to ask: who do you think will win? Post your thoughts in the comments below!

With two days of pre-poll voting to come, the statistics so far suggest that a clear majority of voters will cast their ballot before election day. The VEC is publishing daily updates on the number of people voting at pre-poll, applying for postal votes and...

Last week I wrote about the growing numbers of people casting a pre-poll vote over the last few Victorian elections. For this blog post, I'm looking at how the people who use different voting methods actually vote - for which party, and whether they...

Ben is joined by Andrea Carson and Stewart Jackson to wrap up the Victorian election campaign and look forward to election night. This podcast is supported by the Tally Room’s supporters on Patreon. If you find this podcast worthwhile please consider giving your support. You can subscribe...

There are two parties running in the Victorian state election which share parts of their name with the major parties. In recent years, as ballot papers have ballooned in size, these parties have sometimes benefited from voters confusing these parties. Indeed, if you plot...

No-one can be in any doubt about my attitude towards group voting tickets - they need to go, and in the meantime, everyone should vote below the line in Victoria. Often the arguments in favour of group voting tickets often focus on diversity in election...

There is a lot of conversation out there about voting below the line on the Legislative Council ballot for the Victorian state election. Usually when I talk about voting below the line, I emphasise how easy it is. You just need to number 1 to...

As is the story across Australia, there has been a shift away from election day voting in Victoria over the last decade, which could potentially culminate with a majority of voters casting their ballot before election day in 2022. I've collected data on the share...