Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the last 15 years, the 10,000-plus members of the Academy have cast their votes with what is known as the “preferential ballot ...

Annabel Crabb explains the basics of preferential voting, why Australia's electoral system is so robust and how The Franchise Act excluded First Nations people for over six decades.

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 ...

In Australia, voting entails more than just ticking a box. We've got a preferential system, meaning you'll need to choose who you want to represent you most, least and everything in between. It might ...

Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years. Ranked choice voting, which allows ...

Through the opaque workings of Queensland’s compulsory preferential voting system, it is thanks to the preferences of the Queensland Socialists that Labor held on by the skin of its teeth in the ...