How do elections work? What is preferential voting and how do you vote in Australia? Good questions! Let me explain that for you as well as giving you some obscure trivia about how elections work. This video focuses mostly on federal elections, so if you have a question about how to vote in State elections I'm gradually creating a video for each state/territory. Subscribe for more!  

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Find information about your state/local elections here: 

Western Australia: https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/ 

South Australia: https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/ 

Northern Territory: https://ntec.nt.gov.au/ 

Queensland: https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/ 

NSW: https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/ 

Victoria: https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ 

ACT: https://www.elections.act.gov.au/ 

Tasmania: https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/  

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