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In Australia, voter registration is called enrolment. Enrolment is a prerequisite for voting at federal elections, by-elections and referendums, as well as all state and local government elections; and it is generally compulsory for enrolled persons to vote unless otherwise exempted or excused.
Over 700 people worked in the tally room on the evening of the election. [1] A defining feature of the tally room was the tally board; at 37 metres (121 ft) wide and 7 metres (23 ft) high, this wooden structure displayed the results for every Division in the House of Representatives. [5] Boards representing each Division and Senate seat were ...
The New South Wales Electoral Commission, known as the NSWEC or the NSW Electoral Commission is a statutory agency with responsibility for the administration, organisation, and supervision of elections in New South Wales. It reports to the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.
These notional margins are used as the baseline for the electoral swings calculated and published in the AEC's virtual tally room at the following election. [72] In some cases, the change in electoral boundaries can see the party which notionally holds the seat differ from the party which won it at the election.
A tally is an unofficial private observation of an election count carried out under the single transferable vote electoral system. Tallymen, appointed by political candidates and parties, observe the opening of ballot boxes and watch as the individual ballot papers are counted. Individual tallymen may be placed to observe the opening of each ...
The 2024 New South Wales local elections were held on 14 September 2024 to elect the councils of 127 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, Australia. 37 councils also held mayoral elections, and eight councils conducted referendums.
Free Trade: 1903–1906 Frank Foster: Labor: 1906–1913 Percy Abbott: Liberal: 1913–1916 Nationalist: 1916–1919 Alexander Hay: Nationalist: 1919–1920 Country: 1920–1922 Independent: 1922–1922 Victor Thompson: Country: 1922–1940 Joe Abbott: Country: 1940–1949 David Drummond: Country: 1949–1963 Ian Sinclair: Country, National ...
2016 Australian federal election: Newcastle [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor: Sharon Claydon: 46,762 47.12 +2.83 Liberal: David Compton 29,689 29.92 −3.26 Greens