Voting Rights and Australian Local Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6174163 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan Go (corresponding author), Ryan Goss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | University of New South Wales Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-0096 • E-ISSN: 1839-2881 |
| Publisher | University of New South Wales Law Journal (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.53637/oxfn8337 |
| OpenAlex | W2938090735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Section 256 of the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas) is a curious provision. It indicates that, at any given election for a municipal area in Tasmania, any given voter μhas no more than 2 votes’. This provision is designed to facilitate a franchise based partly on property qualifications, and in which plural voting is explicitly allowed. It may seem extraordinary, in the 21st century, that such a franchise may be found in Australian law. But Tasmania is not an outlier. Indeed, in five of Australia’s six states, local government franchises include property qualifications, votes for corporations, and various forms of plural voting
Context (archaeology · Democracy · Disapproval voting · Geography · Instant-runoff voting · Law and economics · Legislation · Local government · Plural · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |