❓ Hon. Stephen Dawson asks about the number of electors who claimed to have voted absentee in the Kimberley region, specifically at Broome Senior High School, after receiving failure to vote notices. The Minister responded that the data isn't readily available and would require a manual review of a large number of excuses, diverting resources.
AnsweredQoN 428Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
STATE ELECTION — FAILURE TO VOTE —
KIMBERLEY REGION
428. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to the issuing of penalty
notices to people who apparently failed to vote in the March state election.
(1) How many
electors responded to the Western Australian Electoral Commission's
apparent failure to vote notice by declaring they voted as absentee voters in the
Kimberley region?
(2) How many electors responded that
they had voted as absentee voters at Broome Senior High School?
KIMBERLEY REGION
428. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to the issuing of penalty
notices to people who apparently failed to vote in the March state election.
(1) How many
electors responded to the Western Australian Electoral Commission's
apparent failure to vote notice by declaring they voted as absentee voters in the
Kimberley region?
(2) How many electors responded that
they had voted as absentee voters at Broome Senior High School?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1)–(2) While
the Western Australian Electoral Commission does categorise and capture excuse
statistics for failure to vote, including ''polling place error''
and ''attempting to vote'', it does not capture sufficient detail
to answer the honourable member's question. To obtain this information,
the staff of the Western Australian Electoral Commission would need to manually
review 65 276 excuses received from Legislative Assembly electors for apparent
failure to vote. This would represent an undue diversion of agency resources,
as all electoral staff are now fully utilised, either in preparation for the
local government elections or such post state general election projects as
non-voters and election reports.
some notice of this question.
(1)–(2) While
the Western Australian Electoral Commission does categorise and capture excuse
statistics for failure to vote, including ''polling place error''
and ''attempting to vote'', it does not capture sufficient detail
to answer the honourable member's question. To obtain this information,
the staff of the Western Australian Electoral Commission would need to manually
review 65 276 excuses received from Legislative Assembly electors for apparent
failure to vote. This would represent an undue diversion of agency resources,
as all electoral staff are now fully utilised, either in preparation for the
local government elections or such post state general election projects as
non-voters and election reports.
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