Unlike America and UK where voting is organised in the middle of the week, in Australia we vote on a Saturday and virtually every school hall or community hall is a polling booth, this is necessary as we have compulsory voting, in Federal, State and Local Government and if you decide not to vote it is a $120 fine and it is strictly enforced, if you are flying somewhere, you need show your boarding pass to avoid a fine.
Voting method is the same throughout the country, ie manual, you need to pencil in the numbers for the House of Representatives and put a 1 in the Party of your choice for the Senate and the results are usually known before midnight on the day of voting. |