While voter fraud - despite recent allegations - is rare, how do we ensure the ballots we cast are counted accurately? If so, how? Our experts offer background and insight.
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It’s not disrespecting the result of the referendum to criticise the government –or even to call for a second vote.
A look through the ballot papers shows the declared result in Colombia’s crucial vote is far from definitive.
Labour once claimed racial equality as its turf, but the Tories are fighting back to woo this key demographic.
Imagine you’re in a voting booth faced with a choice between bad candidate #1 and bad candidate #2. Surprisingly, science says this may actually be a good thing. Here’s how.
Facebook has already proved it can increase the number of people who vote in elections. But what if it tries to influence how they vote?
The 2016 US presidential race has been a strange campaign in many ways, but the swing state map looks very familiar.
It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
Laws that restrict who can vote are facing challenges in several states. A historian explains how people mobilized against voting restrictions of the 1960s, and why their strategy is still important.
The Trump campaign is adding groups of untapped, swing state voters to its Trump playbook. A political scientist examines whether the Amish vote in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio can be swung.
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
If turnout had been 100% on June 23, you might be eating a croissant right now instead of protesting about Brexit. Then again, you might not.
Not voting can have serious consequences regarding the kind of society we end up living in. Disengagement can mean a lowering of quality of life.
The major parties seem to be having considerable difficulty drawing lessons from the recent election campaign. Of course, there are many. The most obvious, but probably the most difficult for them to accept…
The new Senate vote capture system had to be built rapidly, with little time for design or testing, and is being operated in a way that allows only part of the process to be scrutinised.
Was new Senator Derryn Hinch right to say on Q&A that voting is only compulsory in Australia and Belgium, and that 90% of New Zealanders vote even though it’s voluntary?
Since 1949, most of Australia’s governments received less than half of all primary votes cast, with some as low as 40%.
There’s something about seeing the ballot process take place – the vote, the count – that inspires confidence. That wouldn’t be the same with any electronic voting system.
When confronted with two options, the electorate generally gets scared and votes for the status quo. We now see what happens when both options are frightening.
The majority of Australians approve of compulsory voting – and have done so for decades. The nay-sayers continue to be a minority.
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