Preferential voting has come under scrutiny ahead of the South Australian election this coming weekend, with debate over whether Australia should retain it.

Eminence Advisory’s Dimitri Burshtein discusses compulsory preferential voting in Australia, reflecting on the problems associated with the system. “Democracy is meant to represent something, it’s ...

It's been three years since we last voted in a federal election, so you might be a bit rusty on how to fill out your ballot paper. Australia has a preferential voting system, which means you can't ...

Now that the final round of Oscar voting is over, it is a good time for a refresher course in how the winner will be decided. Don't worry, it is nowhere near as complicated as the nominations ...