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Votes are initially counted in the individual polling booths after the close of voting.
In Federal elections, the results are phoned through to the National Tally Room in Canberra. In the weeks ahead, officials of the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) recount and scrutinize all the votes. For the House of Representatives papers, this is held in the AEC office in each electoral division. The Senate papers are scrutinized in the state head office of the AEC.
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# Referendums for changes in the constitution # Federal elections for the lower and/or upper house # State government elections # Local government elections Voting is compulsory and if you are registered to vote and do not then you will be asked to explain why you were not able to attend a voting place.
Voting is done with an optional preferential system, This means that you vote for your favoured candidate with the number 1 then your next favoured with the number 2, then 3,4,5 and so on this system allows you to vote for some one that you don't think has a chance without wasting your vote, as the number two will be counted if No1 losses and so on.
Voting is done manually via a secret ballot that is filled out in a private booth. When the votes are counted the counters are observed by scrutineers of the various political parties and independents to ensure that no mistakes are made during vote counting. All in all Australians have confidence in the fairness of the electoral system and abide by the results.
When Referendums are held you are given an explanation of the issues involved from those that are for and against the changes and you vote yes or no.
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What happend in 2000 that was bad?
George W. Bush Might have stolen the 2000 presidential election from the Al Gore, (who received more popular votes). We will probably never know for certain who really got the most votes in Florida and it's electoral votes and the presidency.
King Louis xvi refused to listen to the third estate?
Louis XVI was not a good leader and felt it was better not to lose the favor of the two smaller Estates. He denied a request by the Third Estate to have the votes counted by the head rather than the estate. As a result, the Third Estate saw they could not reason with the king and this opened the path to revolution.
Did Virginia have more votes than Rhode Island in the confederation congress?
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 11 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia and 2 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island. Therefore, Virginia has 13 electoral votes and Rhode Island has 4 electoral votes .
Why is the queen the head of Australia?
Because Australia chose not to become a republic. The queen is head of Australia in Title only.
What is Australia's country animal?
If the words "Australia's country animal" refer to the national faunal emblem of Australia, the answer is 'none'. There is no national animal of Australia.
