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William Ton and Rachel Jackson

Candidates have eyes on the prize in democracy lottery

The AEC uses a lottery wheel and numbered balls to determine the order of names on ballot papers. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Parliamentarians and wannabes have been eagerly waiting to learn what numbers have come up for them as they prepare to take their chance in the coming election. 

As the clock struck noon, blind-folded volunteers across the nation picked numbered balls from a spinning lottery wheel, under the watchful eye of the Australian Electoral Commission. 

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