Understanding and Addressing Informal Voting in Victoria

维多利亚的非正式投票率很高，而且还在上升。为了解决维多利亚州和地方政府选举中数十万“丢失选票”的问题，我们必须首先了解它。与维多利亚州选举委员会的合作使用4个不同的研究在3个选举期内解决了州和地方两级的问题。我们结合联合收割机的实验数据，聚合水平的数据和个人水平的数据，提供了一个全面的和多维度的非正式投票的图片。然后，我们将提出补救措施，供试验和评估。总之，我们的研究将代表在任何西方民主国家进行的第一次非正式的多维分析。

Victoria's informal vote rate is high and rising. In order to combat the problem of hundreds of thousands of 'lost votes' at Victorian state and local government elections we must first understand it. This collaboration with the Victorian Electoral Commission addresses the problem at both state and local levels over 3 election periods using 4 distinct studies. We combine experimental data, aggregate-level data and individual-level data to provide a thorough and multi-dimensional picture of informal voting. We will then propose remedies to be trialled and assessed. Taken together, our studies will represent the first multi-dimensional analysis of informality to be conducted in any Western democracy.