Research Report 3 - Analysis of Declaration Voting
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- Author:
- Gerry Newman
- Date:
- June 2004
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Background
Legislative Provisions
Trends in declaration voting
Reasons for Increase in Declaration Votes
Impact on the Electoral System
Some Reform Options
Summary
Appendix 1: Chronology of Commonwealth Legislative Provisions for Declaration Voting
Appendix 2: Extracts from Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
- Part XV-Postal voting
- Part XVA-Pre-poll voting
- Schedule 2-Grounds of application for postal or pre-poll vote
- Schedule 3-Rules for the conduct of a preliminary scrutiny of declaration votes
Appendix 3: Votes Counted by Type, Senate Elections 1901-2001
Appendix 4: Votes Counted by Type, 2001 Senate Election
Appendix 5: Registered General Postal Voters, 2001 Election
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