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Information on Australian Election System
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/09/2005 - 6:39pm.
This is the website for the Australian Electoral System, the government agency that oversees all Australian elections, federal, state or local.
There is some fascinating information on this site.
http://www.aec.gov.au/_content/what/voting/index.htm
Here are some of the topics covered:
Voting
Voting is compulsory for all eligible persons, unless they have a valid and sufficient reason. To vote, people must be on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll.
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General Information
* How Your Vote Counts
* How the Votes are Counted
* Counting the Votes - House of Representatives
* Counting the Votes - Senate
* Your Vote - A Guide to Your Electoral System [PDF 289k]
Types of Votes
* Types of Votes within Australia
* Overseas Voting
How to Vote at a Federal Election
* How to Vote - House of Representatives
* How to Vote - Senate
Multilingual Information
* Information About Enrolment and Voting
* How to vote for the House of Representatives and the Senate
Formal and Informal Voting
* Formal and Informal Votes
* Informal House of Representatives Ballot Paper Survey - 2001 Election
* Informal Senate Ballot Paper Survey - 2001 Election
* Research Report 1 Informal Vote Survey House of Representatives - 2001 Election
* Informal Voting by Division for House of Representatives 1987 - Present (%)
* Informality - House of Representatives and Senate - 2001 (%)
* Informality - House of Representatives and Senate - 1998 (%)
* Informality - House of Representatives and Senate - 1996 (%)
* Informality - State and National Summaries 1977 - Present
Voter Turnout
* Voter Turnout 1901 - Present (National Summary)
* 2004 Federal Election Voter Turnout by Division
* 2001 Federal Election Voter Turnout by Division
* 1998 Federal Election Voter Turnout by Division
* 1996 Federal Election Voter Turnout by Division
* 1993 Federal Election Voter Turnout by Division
Further Information
* What Happens at a Polling Place
* Electoral and Voting Systems Research Paper
* Electronic Voting and Electronic Counting of Votes Status Report 1
* Electronic Voting Status Report 2
* Multilingual Information about Enrolment and Voting
Frequently Asked Questions
* General Voting
* Overseas Voting
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