Understanding and Addressing Informal Voting in Victoria

维多利亚州的非正式投票率很高，而且还在上升。为了解决在维多利亚州和地方政府选举中成千上万的“失票”问题，我们必须首先了解它。这次与维多利亚州选举委员会的合作通过4项不同的研究，在3个选举期间解决了州和地方层面的问题。我们将实验数据、总体数据和个人数据结合起来，为非正式投票提供了一个全面、多维的图景。然后，我们将提出补救措施进行试验和评估。综上所述，我们的研究将代表西方民主国家首次对非正式性进行多维分析。

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.