Hosted on MSN

AEC draws order of candidates on federal election ballot papers using blindfolds, bingo-like system

Using a blindfold and numbered balls inside a spinning cage, Australia's method of finalising ballot papers can look more like a game of bingo than a function of democracy. The Australian Electoral ...
The Conversation

A rubbish election: voting in Australia produces mountains of waste - but there’s a better way

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology. Gary ...