❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Minister for Electoral Affairs regarding the informality rate of Legislative Council votes in the recent state election and the public education program implemented to inform voters about new voting reforms. The informality rate exceeded the target, and the cost of the education program is not specifically available.
AnsweredQoN 132Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
State election—Legislative Council votes
132. Hon Martin Aldridge to the minister
representing the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to the conduct of the recent general election.
(1) What was the Western Australian Electoral
Commission's target rate for informality of Legislative Council votes?
(2) What was the rate of informality recorded for
Legislative Council votes?
(3) Did the commission engage in a public
education program to advise voters of new reforms to Legislative Council voting
and, if so, what form did this program take?
(4) If yes to (3), what was the cost of the
program?
132. Hon Martin Aldridge to the minister
representing the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to the conduct of the recent general election.
(1) What was the Western Australian Electoral
Commission's target rate for informality of Legislative Council votes?
(2) What was the rate of informality recorded for
Legislative Council votes?
(3) Did the commission engage in a public
education program to advise voters of new reforms to Legislative Council voting
and, if so, what form did this program take?
(4) If yes to (3), what was the cost of the
program?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Electoral Affairs.
(1) It was below 1.5%.
(2) It was 2.92%.
(3)–(4) �Yes, communications included an
advertising campaign, information materials available from the commission,
social media and direct community engagement. As this was one aspect of a broad
range of communications activity, it is not possible to assign a cost to this
particular objective.
The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Electoral Affairs.
(1) It was below 1.5%.
(2) It was 2.92%.
(3)–(4) �Yes, communications included an
advertising campaign, information materials available from the commission,
social media and direct community engagement. As this was one aspect of a broad
range of communications activity, it is not possible to assign a cost to this
particular objective.
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