The rejection rate for voters who applied for a provisional vote in the federal election was far higher than normal, rising from about 50 per cent to about 86 per cent. Peter Brent comments on the causes and impact.

Most electoral studies research on Australian cities has focused on the characteristics of voters in a city. This research focus examines the geography of a political party’s electoral performance across a particular urban electoral landscape.

With only four sleeps to go to polling day, we are still being informed that the election will be close. Brian Coster puts his reputation on the line.

The polls are asking the wrong questions, according to Rodney Tiffen, so they can't tell us what's gone wrong for the government.

Nearly one million Australian adults are not enrolled to vote. Peter Brent and Brian Costar look at why.