Voting At Australia's Federal Election 2016 - How Your Vote Counts And More Importantly Make It Count!

Any Australian election is important and if your are 18 years and over, registered with the Australian Electoral Commission, then  you can cast your vote for Both the Lower House also known as the House of  Representatives and the Upper House also known as the Senate.

Not to confuse you, the House of Representatives is actually your  locally absolute majority elected  candidate,able to sit in the House of Representative of  The Federal Government to make positive economical decisions for our Australian community, that  places our books in a balance and provides the right services and infrastructure to give Australians a good life.

The Australian Senate is the  representative that has been elected representing your State/Territory (not necessarily your local area), that goes through laws passed after the House of Representatives, fine tunes it  before accepting as an Act for the Australian community and consent by our Australian Governor General.

You must make sure that your vote is formal. I have supplied some reasons why  some voters may vote formal Click here

We all want to reduce informal votes and this will help you to help us to that from the Australian  Electoral Commission

Informal votes

An informal ballot paper is one that has been incorrectly completed or not filled in at all. Informal votes are not counted towards any candidate but are set aside.
A House of Representatives ballot paper is informal if:

• it is blank or unmarked,
• ticks or crosses have been used,
• it has writing on it which identifies the voter,
• a number is repeated,
• the voter's intention is not clear, or
• it has not received the official mark of the presiding officer and is not considered authentic.

Note: If a House of Representatives ballot paper has all squares numbered but one, then it is assumed that the unmarked square constitutes the last preference and the ballot paper will be deemed formal.






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