Talk:Herbert Payne

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Did you know... that voter turnout increased by 32 percentage points following the passage of Herbert Payne's bill to introduce compulsory voting in Australian federal elections?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:25, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that voter turnout increased by 32 percentage points following the passage of Herbert Payne's bill to introduce compulsory voting in Australian federal elections? Source: "The first Commonwealth election held under compulsory voting was that of 1925, when the turnout figure climbed to 91.4 per cent, an increase of 32 percentage points on the previous election." link (PDF page 6, article page 4)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/L'eggs

5x expanded by Ivar the Boneful (talk). Self-nominated at 09:16, 17 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Looks good. Rockhead126 (talk) 17:57, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]