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Life magazine: Everything You Need To Know About Australian Elections

A voter placing a ballot paper in the ballot box at a polling station

A voter placing a ballot paper in the ballot box at a polling station. Source: Press Association

Preferential voting is a system largely unique to Australia, so what does it mean and how does it work? Jiao Lu explains it together with other things you need to know about elections in Australia.


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Preferential voting is a system largely unique to Australia, so what does it mean and how does it work? Jiao Lu explains it together with other things you need to know about elections in Australia.



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