Candidate lists for the 2025 federal election have been finalised with 32 people contesting Tasmania's five lower house seats and 33 people running for the six available senate seats.

An AEC staff member wearing a blindfold uses a bingo system to decide the order of candidates on ballot papers. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area ...

What is so special about this Bingo ball reader? It may seem like an ordinary OCR project at first glance; a camera captures the image and OCR software recognizes the number. Simple as that.