Brainstorming ~ Brain Activation ~ Interesting features of voting & elections in Australia 1
Compulsory Voting in Australia a Foreign Studies B 26 September 2017 Introductory Lecture 2
What is compulsory voting 3
What is compulsory voting Compulsory to enroll to vote Compulsory to vote 4
What is compulsory voting Compulsory to enroll to vote Compulsory to vote What happens if people don t vote?? 5
What is compulsory voting Compulsory to enroll to vote Compulsory to vote What happens if people don t vote?? Pay a fine 6
Compulsory Voting in Australia a Enforced Foreign Studies B 26 September 2017 Introductory Lecture 7
Is compulsory voting common around the world? 8
Is compulsory voting common around the world? 9
Why was compulsory voting introduced d in Australia? 10
Australian Voter Turnout 1901-1925 1925 House of Representatives ti Senate 1901 56.7% n/a 1903 50.3% 46.9% 1906 51.5% 50.2% 1910 62.8% 62.2% 1913 73.5% 73.7% 1914 73.5% 72.6% 1917 78.3% 77.7% 1919 71.6% 71.3% 1922 59.4% 58.0% https://fullfact.org/factchecks/av_referendum_facts_turnout_australia_compulsory_voting-2658 11
Australian Voter Turnout 1901-1925 1925 1 House of Representatives ti Senate 1901 56.7% n/a 1903 50.3% 46.9% 1906 51.5% 50.2% 1910 62.8% 62.2% 1913 73.5% 73.7% 1914 73.5% 72.6% 1917 78.3% 77.7% 1919 71.6% 71.3% 1922 59.4% 58.0% 1925 91.4% 91.3% https://fullfact.org/factchecks/av_referendum_facts_turnout_australia_compulsory_voting-2658 12
2 Voter turnout: 2016 House of Representatives and Senate elections, Australian Electoral Commission 13
Voter turnout in Australia & the UK (Before and after the introduction of Compulsory Voting in Australia) 3 Australia The United Kingdom http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/voting/compulsory_voting.pdf 14
4 http://www.soumu.go.jp/senkyo/senkyo_s/news/sonota/ritu/ 15
Pros & Cons of Compulsory Voting 16
Pros Cons 17
Informal Voting 18
Informal Voting (Assumed) Intentional Informal Voting (Assumed) Unintentional Informal Voting 19
Correct Voting Example 4 2 6 1 7 3 5 20
Intentional Informal Voting Examples 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I hate you all!!! Donkey Vote Reverse Donkey Protest Vote 21
Informal Voting Intentional Informal Voting Donkey Votes Protest Votes Apathetic Voters? 22
Unintentional Informal Voting Examples 1 23
Informal Voting Intentional Informal Voting Donkey Votes Protest Votes Apathetic Voters? Unintentional ti Informal Voting Ticks and crosses Not all boxes are numbered Don t know how to vote correctly? 24
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Informal voting: 2016 House of Representatives elections, Australian Electoral Commission 27
5 Analysis of informal voting: 2013 House of Representatives election, Research Report Number 13, 15 March 2016 http://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/files/analysis-of-informal-voting.pdf 28
6 Informal voting: 2016 House of Representatives elections, Australian Electoral Commission 29
What s the problem with Informal Voting? 30
VEP = Voting Eligible Population Voter turnout: 2016 House of Representatives and Senate elections, Australian Electoral Commission 31
What do you think of compulsory voting? Good idea or not? 32
Selected References Voter turnout: 2016 House of Representatives and Senate elections, Australian Electoral Commission Informal voting: 2016 House of Representatives elections, Australian Electoral Commission What is Compulsory Voting?, International IDEA http://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/voter-turnout/compulsory-voting Analysis of informal voting: 2013 House of Representatives election, Research Report Number 13, 15 March 2016 http://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/research/files/analysis-of-informal-voting.pdf Electoral Backgrounder No 17 Compulsory Voting (AEC) http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/backgrounders/17/eb_17_compulsory_voting.pdf Compulsory voting in Australian national elections (Parliamentary Library) http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rb/2005-06/06rb06.pdf Compulsory Voting in Australia (AEC) http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/voting/compulsory_voting.pdf Analysis of Informal Voting: House of Representatives, 2010 Federal Election (AEC) http://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/publications/strategy_research_analysis/paper12/index.htm australianpolitics.com http://australianpolitics.com/elections/features/ 33