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The ACT has recorded its lowest ever percentage of informal votes at the October election, electoral commission Damian Cantwell has revealed. He attributed this to the fact more than 70 per cent of people voted electronically thanks to extended early voting. Some 99.5 per cent of eligible voters in the ACT were enrolled. Of those enrolled, more than 89 per cent voted, a slightly higher level of participation than 2016. About 77 per cent of voters cast their vote before election day, either through an early voting centre or via post. The rate of informal voting was…
