1.4m Aussies failed to vote in 2016 Election!

[Neferti]

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/more- ... rspdr.html

More than 180,000 people enrolled to vote in Western Australia could be slugged with a fine for failing to vote at the recent federal election.

The July election saw more than 1.4 million Australians fail to cast a vote for the House of Representatives, which is the worst turnout since compulsory voting began in 1925.

In WA, of the 1,577, 215 people enrolled to vote, 183,209 didn't bother to tick the ballot box on election day.

That's just under 12 per cent of eligible voters in WA.

Now the voter no-showers in WA have been sent a letter from the AEC saying if they can't give a valid reason for not voting by October 17 - they will be hit with a $20 fine.

If people miss the October deadline, then they run the risk of getting a $180 fine plus court costs.

[Rorschach]

What about the other states?

[IQS.RLOW]

What about the other states?

Who fucking cares?

[Neferti]

What about the other states?

I thought 1.4 million across Australia not voting at all was bad enough, I wonder how many got their names crossed off the roll but scribbled on the ballot papers?

Maybe there is more information on the AEC site ... I haven't checked.

There is more at this link http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... qnij2.html

[Rorschach]

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said 11 million votes were counted on polling day, with the rate of informal voting on the House of Representatives ballot paper about 5 per cent, down from 5.9 per cent in 2013.

[Rorschach]

http://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website ... -20499.htm
Informal votes by state
State Formal Informal Total Informal % Informal swing %
New South Wales 4,364,320 287,079 4,651,399 6.17 -1.42
Victoria 3,440,654 172,169 3,612,823 4.77 -0.42
Queensland 2,671,229 131,722 2,802,951 4.70 -0.43
Western Australia 1,338,337 55,669 1,394,006 3.99 -1.39
South Australia 1,040,736 45,435 1,086,171 4.18 -0.67
Tasmania 335,623 13,926 349,549 3.98 -0.06
ACTerritory 252,742 7,185 259,927 2.76 -1.07
NTerritory 97,460 7,730 105,190 7.35 +1.05
National 13,541,101 720,915 14,262,016 5.05 -0.86