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The voting age, and consequential requirement to register, was reduced to 18 in 1974. In 1984, the criteria for the right to vote, and requirement to register, became Australian citizenship. Residents in Australia who had been enrolled as British subjects on 25 January 1984 could continue to be enrolled, without taking Australian citizenship.
Some councils use a single ballot paper, while others have an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. [16] Councils can be either undivided or be divided into wards ranging from two-member to five-member. [17] [18] Voting is compulsory for anyone on the New South Wales state electoral roll. [19]
The 2022 New South Wales local elections were held on 30 July 2022 to elect councillors in three local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, Australia.The elections were held as a re-run after the New South Wales Electoral Commission's online voting system crashed at the 2021 local elections.
However, the election was re-run in 2022 after the New South Wales Electoral Commission's online voting system crashed, preventing 55 people in Singleton from casting their vote. [40] All councillors elected in 2021 were re-elected in 2022 with the exception of independent Belinda Charlton, who was defeated by Labor's Sarah Johnstone.
In March 2022, the NSW Electoral Commission announced that it would not use the iVote online voting system for the 2023 state election, following technical glitches during the 2021 local elections. Advocates for blind and low-vision people subsequently accused the Commission of unlawful discrimination over the removal of the accessible voting ...
2024 Sydney City Council election; Statewide results. Party Votes % Swing Seats [a] Change Independents [b] 1,386,557 32.57 −0.16 722 54 Labor: 1,107,839 ...
The Greens won 12.7% of the vote in 2021 and elected one councillor, Ned Cutcher. [7] He is not seeking re-election, and the Greens are not recontesting for unknown reasons. [8] [9] A new party, Australia Multinational Unity Inc (also known simply as "Unity"), is contesting the election with four candidates. [10] [11]
At the previous state election held in 2023, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Chris Minns, won the election after spending 12 years in Opposition. The election saw Labor win 45 seats to the Coalition's 36 seats on election day, allowing Labor to form an initial minority government. The Greens retained their three seats, while the ...