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.

This paper draws on data from the new Samoa Election Results database to highlight salient features and trends in Samoa’s electoral history.

This paper explores the hypothesis that growth of government has become self-sustaining through the emergence of a segment of the population that both enjoys sufficient direct support from government and is large enough that political parties shape policies to curry its favour.

This report has been compiled by the VEC on the conduct of the Greater Geelong City Council general election held in October 2017. The report provides commentary on the services provided by the different branches within the VEC and their performance in the execution of the election. The report also includes details relating to voting...

More young Australians are enrolled to vote than ever before. But will this have the impact Labor and the Greens expect? Peter Brent explains.