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NT election – early voting increases

Ben Raue - August 19, 2020

The NT Electoral Commission (NTEC) has been publishing daily updates with the number of voters who have cast an early vote. As of last night, 51,680 voters had cast an early vote, either at pre-poll centres or via mobile booths in remote communities. This is...

South Australian state redistribution – draft map published

Ben Raue - August 14, 2020

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The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission of South Australia (EDBC) this morning released their draft electoral map for the 2022 South Australian election. The map is the first to be drawn since the repeal of the 'fairness provision' which required the Commission to draw boundaries that...

Supporting the Tally Room

Ben Raue - August 14, 2020

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We're about to enter another busy period in Australian elections. The Northern Territory votes next Saturday, followed by the ACT, Queensland and Victorian local councils in October. We also have a Western Australian state election in March, and a federal election could be held...

Podcast #39: Introducing the NT election

Ben Raue - August 10, 2020

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Ben is joined by Robyn Smith, historian of the Northern Territory, to discuss the upcoming NT election - recent political events, the party system, some seats to watch, and the peculiar nature of NT elections. Robyn mentioned Weekends with Walshy, which features in the podcast...

NT 2020 – nominations close

Ben Raue - August 7, 2020

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Nominations closed yesterday for the upcoming Northern Territory election. 111 candidates have nominated, with three parties running in most seats. I've put together a dataset with all the candidates, and some analysis on who is running, and where. The incumbent Labor Party is running candidates...

Tasmanian LC results live

Ben Raue - August 1, 2020

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11:21pm - So this is where I'll leave tonight's brief and sporadic liveblog. I've put together booth maps showing the ordinary election day votes for the three top candidates in Huon and the two top candidates in Rosevears. Although we should emphasise that these...

Podcast #38: Tasmanian upper house preview

Ben Raue - July 27, 2020

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Ben is joined by Kevin Bonham to talk about next weekend's elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Apologies for lower quality audio on Ben's part - but it should still be perfectly clear. Tally Room guide to the Tasmanian Legislative Council Kevin's guides to Huon...

SA government proposes optional preferential voting

Ben Raue - July 24, 2020

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The South Australian government announced earlier this week that they plan to introduce legislation that will change the voting system from compulsory preferential voting (CPV) to optional preferential voting (OPV). There are principled arguments for such a change, as it would likely ensure more votes...

NSW redistribution – parsing the major party submissions

Ben Raue - July 18, 2020

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The NSW redistribution has passed through its first stage, with the publication of suggestions about how the new electoral map should be drawn. Suggestions closed on July 1, but it's taken me some time to be able to properly process them. The major parties (Labor,...

Coming up next: Tasmanian upper house elections

Ben Raue - July 17, 2020

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The next election in Australia will be taking place two weeks from tomorrow. It is the most peculiar of Australia's regular elections: the Tasmanian upper house election. Tasmania's upper house consists of fifteen members, each representing a separate electorate. It's the only upper house elected...