"These seats should be vulnerable to Labour but may be less likely to change hands because of Labour desertion by upwardly mobile Indian-heritage – and Tory-voting – electors".
O'Connor stood for the Senate at the 1901 federal election in March and was elected in the fourth position, with 40% of the vote (electors cast six votes, with the six candidates with the highest totals winning election).
Labour may do well in these "because of the inward migration of upwardly mobile black or Pakistani – and Labour-voting – electors".
When people vote for president and vice president, they are actually voting for electors pledged to candidates for those offices.
The term "e-voting" includes online voting where electors can cast their ballot from any computer using a secure ID.
When you vote, you're actually voting for electors, who in turn vote for a president.
The Republicans carried 32 states, with 302 electoral votes (one elector pledged to Nixon voted for Wallace, however); 270 were needed to win.
Analysis by the not-for-profit organisation Y Vote found that the total number of wasted votes of electors or would-be electors aged 18 to 24 outnumbered the winning margin, by several multiples, in the 10 tightest contests.
Voters do not actually vote for presidential and vice presidential candidates but rather vote for electors pledged to a particular candidate.
In the standard British style of voting, each elector casts one vote, and the candidate with more votes than any other is elected.
The people, Larson writes, were the election's "wild card," which is why "lawmakers in most states did not authorize them to vote for electors".
