Recent findings in political science described by researchers from Australian National University.

Politics & Government Week | November 5, 2009 | Copyright

"The origins of the distinguishing features of the Australian Electoral Commission can be found in nineteenth-century South Australia, when that colony led the world in electoral administration. It was the first jurisdiction to develop a professional, permanent, independent election management body, with salaried electoral officials, and to pursue continuous, State-initiated enrolment," scientists in Canberra, Australia report.

"South Australia evolved this way because, to extend path dependence terminology, it was 'locked out' of inefficient British practices. ...

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