Voter Education

COMING SOON

As we grow our new voter education program, Vote Australia will help everyone learn more about the following topics. We’ll be publishing education pages on these areas of Australian elections.

 

How does voting work?

  1. What does a vote mean?
  2. Three tiers of government (Federal parliament, State, Local)
  3. Preferential voting system - Understand how this works, and the advantages and disadvantages of the system for your vote. How are preferences distributed?
  4. Electoral boundary redistribution - How does it work and why does it happen?
  5. Responsibilities of a local member of parliament.

How do I vote?

  1. How to vote. Tips for polling for first time voters.
  2. Are you enrolled?
  3. How do you enroll?
  4. Compulsory vs non-compulsory voting.
  5. Electronic voting - Blockchain technology could be the future.
  6. Be informed: Meeting your local candidates


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  • commented on Identifying voters 2024-04-21 14:38:15 +1000
    Massive problems for many black voters though!
  • signed up on Subscribe 2024-04-18 16:11:18 +1000
  • commented on Unwanted influences on the voting system 2023-11-23 12:15:44 +1100
    Please I need your vote
  • signed Mark Off Voters Electronically 2023-10-04 12:37:02 +1100
    This must be done to ensure that a voter casts only one vote, besides proposed changes in this petition there should be way for voter to cross check their voting status (voted/yet to vote) for every election event