Subj : Re: Politics echo
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Mon May 23 2022 11:25:25

 Sp>  bo> Oh yes, they can be quite quick.  The election is called (they aren't
 Sp>  bo> fixed times), and we have some annoying TV ads for several weeks, and
 Sp>  bo> thats it.  We usually find out within a day or two who has one an tha
 Sp> 
 Sp> Ahh kinda, we do have 3 year terms... but they can call an election any
 Sp> time they feel like having one.. usually it'll be between 2-3 years
 Sp> depending on how the opinion polls are travelling.  I don't recall how
 Sp> far in advance they can announce one, and they can then advertise until
 Sp> the last week? But we do tend to get it all over and done with pretty
 Sp> quickly as you've mentioned.
 Sp> 
 Sp> What I'd like to see, is not only the breakdown of valid votes, but how
 Sp> many votes for the Donkey went down at this election.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec
 Sp> 

I don't believe that report the informal votes, but you may be able to deduce it from the adding the total number of counted votes and subtracting it from to total number of voters in that electorate, if you can get that data.

The number of informal votes I heard, from perhaps not a very reliable source is up to 20%.

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