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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.
Voting in Australia is done on 4 levels
# 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.
Where are the votes counted in the US?
The votes are counted by the county where the voting takes place.
What voting device was Australia famous for creating?
Australia is credited with creating the secret ballot box, a sealed box into which voters placed their ballot, and which was later emptied for the votes to be counted.
How are the votes counted for the election of the pope?
All votes in a papal election are counted by hand. There are no voting machines used.
When are the votes counted up for the next president?
The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president. The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president.
How are votes counted?
1at a time
The electoral votes are sent from each state capitol to his body to be counted?
Electoral votes are sent from each state to Congress to be counted.
How were votes counted before machines?
People counted them by hand. A lot of places still do that.
Did Al Gore defeat George Bush in the popular vote No. About 8000000 absentee votes were not counted. George received 95 of counted absentee votes so Al's lead in counted votes was too small.?
AL GORE SHOULD HAVE WON GEORGE BUSH IS A MONKEY!!!!!!!!!
When is the president of the US?
When the votes of the electoral college are counted.
When is the president of the US chosen?
When the votes of the electoral college are counted.
When are the electoral votes counted for the 2008 election?
Electors will meet in each state on Dec. 15 to record their votes.
How many votes are not counted yet for the election?
well there are alot more places that have been counted as yet.such as flordia
