Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Aug 20th 2013, 12:47 pm
#61
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
When I voted in the last election I was informed by our local member that it was not a legal right to spoil your vote. Had a bit of a look on the net & it appears that you should actually mark your ballot paper. Not simply post the blank form into the box as per Mark Latham's suggestion in 2010
That was easily solved I marked mine 1 for my choice & the rest 9 preferential voting is cheating first past the post should win! You don't back a horse & then expect the bookie to pay out on 3rd place because everyone backed it.
That was easily solved I marked mine 1 for my choice & the rest 9 preferential voting is cheating first past the post should win! You don't back a horse & then expect the bookie to pay out on 3rd place because everyone backed it.
For the next State one I'm thinking along the lines of "**** off Cantdo Newman you're a ^%&^&*%^*$$*&#%$&%^&^%&"
Aug 20th 2013, 1:11 pm
#62
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
If you want to vote properly, and you don't want to give the politicians the control over who to give your vote to if they get knocked out, then this site can create a cheat sheet for you to know how to vote below the line.
http://www.belowtheline.org.au/
Mind, a quick look at it and there are MANY weirdo parties you can put as more competent than Tony Abbott. It's an exercise in copying.
http://www.belowtheline.org.au/
Mind, a quick look at it and there are MANY weirdo parties you can put as more competent than Tony Abbott. It's an exercise in copying.
Aug 20th 2013, 11:24 pm
#63
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
If you want to vote properly, and you don't want to give the politicians the control over who to give your vote to if they get knocked out, then this site can create a cheat sheet for you to know how to vote below the line.
http://www.belowtheline.org.au/
Mind, a quick look at it and there are MANY weirdo parties you can put as more competent than Tony Abbott. It's an exercise in copying.
http://www.belowtheline.org.au/
Mind, a quick look at it and there are MANY weirdo parties you can put as more competent than Tony Abbott. It's an exercise in copying.
OK, I have just had a look at this, and if there's ever evidence that preferential voting is a huge mess, this has to be it! Even using this tool, I still can't ascertain where my vote will actually end up after preferences...
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Aug 20th 2013, 11:32 pm
#64
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
... Apparently, your local candidates can offer to process your postal vote on your behalf, and they then harvest all of your marketing data for their own nefarious purposes before passing it on to the AEC.
If you check the address, it goes straight to either the local member, or some other random PO Box. ....
If you check the address, it goes straight to either the local member, or some other random PO Box. ....
I bet the AEC dont give incoming postal votes to political parties to process do they? That'd be nonsense!
Aug 20th 2013, 11:39 pm
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
I had no idea until recently you could send postal votes to anyone other than AEC? I only ever register for a postal vote online and it always gets sent straight in to the AEC.
I bet the AEC dont give incoming postal votes to political parties to process do they? That'd be nonsense!
I bet the AEC dont give incoming postal votes to political parties to process do they? That'd be nonsense!
They don't process the incoming votes, but they do process the application for the postal ballot forms. They then pass it all on to the AEC having harvested your data. This explains now how the fraking NSW Liberal party got my Email address - I must have used their form, because I would never have disclosed it to them otherwise...
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Aug 22nd 2013, 3:58 am
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
Here's a question that arose last night. I have looked through my voting choices, and frankly, don't want to vote for any of them. Rather than spoil my paper, I suggested selling my vote to the highest bidder on EBay.
Legal?
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Legal?
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Aug 22nd 2013, 6:58 am
#67
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
I'll visit you while you're doing time! Mind you, this being Australia maybe no-one has thought of it so they haven't made it illegal yet!
Aug 23rd 2013, 6:25 am
#68
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Re: Do I need to vote or is the fine easier?
If you get the notice that you failed to vote and are going to be fined.
Advise them that you did not vote for Religious/ Conscientious reasons.
That's all that is required.......... unless the AEC want me to go to court and explain to the magistrate that the reason that I didn't vote, is that I believe that all 'Politicians' are self serving money grubbing bastards and my "conscience" would not allow me to vote for them.
Advise them that you did not vote for Religious/ Conscientious reasons.
That's all that is required.......... unless the AEC want me to go to court and explain to the magistrate that the reason that I didn't vote, is that I believe that all 'Politicians' are self serving money grubbing bastards and my "conscience" would not allow me to vote for them.
Last edited by Hino; Aug 23rd 2013 at 7:00 am.
