"I think there is a feeling that in NSW the party has been focusing on things that, at the end of the day, will have a minimal impact on our vote, such as the focus on the Middle East for example," he said.
The people elected to these offices will have an enormous impact on our lives, so registering to vote and participating in our democracy remains as crucial as ever.
She turned the Republicans' dilution argument on its head by maintaining that any potential impact on votes in one county was insufficient reason to not recount votes in another county.
"Sympathy is a strong human emotion, and obviously it had some impact on the votes of the Olympic committee members".
At last night's election hustings, big-hitters from all three parties addressed black voters directly, in an event which could have a strong impact on their votes.
Federal law gives the Justice Department the flexibility to focus on either voter access or voting integrity under the broad heading of voting rights, but such shifts of emphasis may have a profound impact on how votes are cast and counted.
But many voters in Florida and Ohio said they did not yet know enough about Mr. Ryan to form an opinion — and many in all three states said the choice of running mate would have no impact on their votes.
"These state governors, legislators, secretaries of state need to understand that if their voting systems are connected to the Internet, and they don't have an auditable paper trail, that what didn't happen in 2016 could happen in 2018, which is, say the actual impact on tabulated votes," Cotton told Politico in a wide-ranging interview last month.
"Parachute visits may boost the campaign team but it doesn't have a huge impact on votes".
That could have a huge impact on big parliamentary votes in the next few years.
