Brett Osler (Perth, AUS)
Małgorzata Ginalska (Krakow, POL)
Sachi Grannan (Sunshine Coast, AUS)
Mahesh Samaradiwakara (Melbourne, AUS)
Luke Sy (Sydney, AUS)
Chilumba Machona (Perth, AUS)
Western Australian from:@Justin - WA Electoral Commission Mentor
Where? – Close to work? Close to home? Close to ‘here’? Nursing home? Remote community? Interstate? Overseas?
When? – On Polling Day? At work? After work? Before the wedding?
How? – In person? By post? By telephone? Remote polling? Mobile polling?
Who? – Self? Family member? Relative?
Voting capability/capacity should be online. Banking is.
Voting likely to increase if electronic
Encouraging persons not to vote at the booths
Provide citizens with behaviours, etc on safest actions whilst voting
Incorporating an Early Voter Application Form directly submitted to the WA Electoral Commision
Accessible in variety of languages and video supports in Auslan, LOTE, etc
Identification of language-supported booths determined by ABS Data Sets
Identification of accessible friendly locations (International Standard graphics indicating friendly)
Candidate profiles, statements and videos (i.e. 3 mins max) with closed caption subtitles in all languages.
Pre-book attendance to expedite those requiring assistance or noise-friendly times (i.e. shopping hours dedicated to elderly, disabled, etc during COVID).
Democracy sausage locations with pre-purchase functionality.
Postal
iVote (NB: require assistance because they have insufficient literacy skills or have sight impairment or are otherwise incapacitated)
WA Electoral Commission Mobile Booth
In Person at Booth
WA Electoral Commission Internet/Telephone
WA Electoral Commission Advice - Languages Other Than English (including Auslan, Aboriginal, etc)
Drive In
Audio Loops
https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/vote/election-day
What Works
Distance 2 meters
Wearing masks
Alcohol-based hand sanitiser
BYO pens/pencil (specify colour/s, pencil hardness)
Big queues outside the voting places (people waiting in hot weather or rain)
During pademy the postal services were limited and not all voters received their voting packages. When they received them, sometimes it was too late to send them back
Too slow process from coming to the voting place to voting and leaving the place - due to the limit of people who can be inside at the same time
Not everyone keeping the distance
Voting online
More voting places in areas with higher number of people
More efficient voting via post
Ensuring that voters overseas will be able to vote (a lot of people did not manage to vote)
Check where to vote, how and what is needed
Provide safety measures
Where to buy a democracy sausage and who it supports (complete with prepayment to minimise cash handling)
2017 State Electoral Boundaries (SHP file) https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/state-electorates-current-lgate-069 2017 Proposed Polling Places (with lat/lng) https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/2017-wa-state-government-election-polling-places Electoral Districts by local government district and ward, locality and ABS SA1 https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/enrol/enrolment-statistics/state-enrolment-reports LG Boundaries https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/local-government-authority-lga-boundaries Localities https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/localities ABS Census Statistical Area Boundaries https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/1270.0.55.001July%202016?OpenDocument Electoral Act 1907 https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_290_homepage.html