UPDATE: this post has been updated with more information of the votes found for electorates other than Narungga. I was under the impression only absent early votes were involved but it turned out to be absent votes from all polling places in Stuart. Just when you thought counting was over for the SA election, it… Read More »SA2026 – it turns out the count ain’t over

One Nation was accused of using South Australia’s ticket vote savings provision to harvest preferences at the state election. In fact One Nation’s tickets were entirely in line with the party’s promise of no deals on preferences. But it appears that registered how-to-votes should be clearer in saying number all squares. As I explained earlier… Read More »SA2026 – Does the SA Ticket Vote Savings…

One of the most muddled aspects of the recent South Australian election was reference to lower house ticket votes. I’d started to write a post on the subject referring to an Electoral Backgrounder published by the Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) in 2020. The backgrounder explains how the system works, provides background statistics on… Read More »From the archives – the South…