How to vote in the Australian Federal Election - Explained

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The way we choose an Australian Prime Minister – and how to vote – can be confusing. 7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley explains how your vote in the upcoming election will determine the next Prime Minister. Subscribe here: https://7news.link/ThisIsWhy
There is an election coming up in Australia and although it may seem like there are always elections happening, unlike your local or state elections, this one will determine who gets the top job of prime minister.
However, it is not as simple as just voting for the prime minister, in fact very few get to do that.
First you are voting for a local representative to represent your electorate through a seat in the House of Representatives, one of two houses of parliament that pass our laws.
You are also voting for members of the senate. The senate is the second of our houses of parliament known as the upper house. It is also known as the house of review because that’ is where pieces of legislation are examined by committees before they become law.
If you do not vote you must either have a valid and sufficient reason for not doing so, or you face a fine of $20 for first time offenders.
You’ve been warned!
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In This Story: Vote

Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.

In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.