%T Analysis of informal voting: House of Representatives 2016 election %I Australian Electoral Commission %D 2018 %K Democracy, %K Elections, %K Voting, %K Australian federal election 2016, %K Election results, %K Informal voting, %K Voting patterns, %K Voter sentiment %U https://apo.org.au/node/228926 %X Following the 2016 general election, the AEC undertook an Informal Ballot Paper Study to analyse the levels and types of informal voting. The national informality rate (informal votes as a percentage of all votes cast) decreased from 5.91 per cent of all votes cast in 2013 to 5.05 per cent in 2016.  %9 Report %A Australian Electoral Commission