I appreciate the bullet train guys for their no nonsense approach. They care about exactly one thing, and don't bother trying to formulate a vague and uninformed policy in any other area.
I've been telling everyone I know. At work, at church, other friends, to vote below the line all week. Some of them I had to convince to even vote, or vote properly!
I should've printed a copy of that comic and put it in my wallet.
Anyway, I voted right after I finished work. Didn't get accosted by anyone, but it was (and is) raining. Got a hot dog (onions were really fucking great) and chatted to the labour guys for a bit.
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VivixenneRemember your training, and we'll get through this just fine.Registered Userregular
Liberal will probably win out of sheer laziness of the voters staying above the line. Ugh.
Donovan PuppyfuckerA dagger in the dark isworth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered Userregular
There were only 62 choices below the line on our white ballot paper. It still took a while to fill them all out. I mean, how do you decide who you hate more out of the Stable Population Party and the Smokers Rights party?
The liberal bloke handing out leaflets was really really pushy about it and got all pugnacious when I told him I'd printed off my preferences at belowtheline.
Tried to shove it into my hands so I reported him to the officer inside when I got there and as I was leaving they were arguing.
I hope they threw him out on his wrinkly decrepit old ass.
I wish there was a way to order the parties but say 'hey, I don't know who the hell your individual members are so figure it out between yourselves'.
This is what stopped me from voting below the line in previous years. I could rank my preferences for the parties, but I don't know anything about their members other than the leader (if that). And I felt bad just superfluously numbering them at random.
Decided to not be worried about it this year, it can't make that big a difference, and went top to bottom.
For those of you that haven't voted yet, if you go here it will let show you all the people for the lower and upper house, then you can order them in your preferred order.
The right hand side of the page lets you select a party and see how they have preferences set up, so you can work it out step by step of you want. Links to each Party's we site so you can read their policies as you go too.
Then at the end it prints out a 2-3 page PDF with everything listed as it is on the ballot paper with the order you selected so you're not flicking the sheet of paper over trying to find who you want to put below the line next.
I wish there was a way to order the parties but say 'hey, I don't know who the hell your individual members are so figure it out between yourselves'.
This is what stopped me from voting below the line in previous years. I could rank my preferences for the parties, but I don't know anything about their members other than the leader (if that). And I felt bad just superfluously numbering them at random.
Decided to not be worried about it this year, it can't make that big a difference, and went top to bottom.
The thing about preferential voting is that if you just vote like this (or members within a party in random order) it will basically sort itself out due to how many people vote above the line.
I said fuck that noise and voted above the line. I just don't care anymore.
I also got Mc Donalds breakfast. Mmmm :P
I think that was House of Reps, Senate is the green paper and is usually just a handful of people. My HoR paper had 62 people and I thought that was pretty bad, 97 is just insane. What does it take to get on that thing?
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HeatwaveCome, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered Userregular
Yeah you're probably right.
Also, no I didn't get a snag. I was like 8 in the morning though, so they may not not started yet. Still a travesty.
Considering some of the people who get on it, it can't take that much.
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
I didn't know anything about the Rise Up Australia party so I looked em up
The party was launched with the help of Christopher Monckton
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Nalliah has declared former Prime Minister Julia Gillard a heathen "living in sin" and former Greens leader Bob Brown an "openly practising homosexual" and said that he felt sick to the stomach watching them shake hands.
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The party leader Nalliah also claims that he has divine powers and has resurrected 3 dead people, and that God has spoken to him on several occasions.
I didn't know anything about the Rise Up Australia party so I looked em up
[ quote]The party was launched with the help of Christopher Monckton
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Nalliah has declared former Prime Minister Julia Gillard a heathen "living in sin" and former Greens leader Bob Brown an "openly practising homosexual" and said that he felt sick to the stomach watching them shake hands.
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The party leader Nalliah also claims that he has divine powers and has resurrected 3 dead people, and that God has spoken to him on several occasions.
Oh gosh, I ranked them at like 90 out of 97, now I feel bad for not ranking them lower. Higher? Closer to 97.
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EmbraceThePingひきこもりWhere the Crabbits and the Iz roam and the Jungle Queen rules the plainsRegistered Userregular
Done.
I don't know why but voting always reminds me of having a poop in a public toilet. I'm disgusted by what I see as I go in, it's a (sometimes) a painful process but it's a weight off my mind when I'm done.
No snag in a bun at my polling station.
I just inhaled some dead roster + coke at the local shopping centre.
I can't help but think that as good as a democratic system can be it will always be spoilt by giving the vote to everyone. It devalues the system and let's the vast majority of idiots have an opinion in something that they have no basic understanding of.
I think you should have to do a course and get a pass mark to be able to vote.
Then all we have to do is remove this totally fucking stupid idea politicians have that because a political party wins an election, it's a "mandate" to enable any stupid shit that they can think up.
If they can find a way to computerise referendums so they aren't so damned expensive then we will be able to exercise some democracy.
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I also quite like trains.
I should've printed a copy of that comic and put it in my wallet.
Anyway, I voted right after I finished work. Didn't get accosted by anyone, but it was (and is) raining. Got a hot dog (onions were really fucking great) and chatted to the labour guys for a bit.
Tried to shove it into my hands so I reported him to the officer inside when I got there and as I was leaving they were arguing.
I hope they threw him out on his wrinkly decrepit old ass.
after doing it today, i'm astounded I did it too
I went in preprepared and it still took an eternity
still, it was just copying down numbers i'd written down a few days ago, so no sweat off my back really
This is what stopped me from voting below the line in previous years. I could rank my preferences for the parties, but I don't know anything about their members other than the leader (if that). And I felt bad just superfluously numbering them at random.
Decided to not be worried about it this year, it can't make that big a difference, and went top to bottom.
The right hand side of the page lets you select a party and see how they have preferences set up, so you can work it out step by step of you want. Links to each Party's we site so you can read their policies as you go too.
Then at the end it prints out a 2-3 page PDF with everything listed as it is on the ballot paper with the order you selected so you're not flicking the sheet of paper over trying to find who you want to put below the line next.
The thing about preferential voting is that if you just vote like this (or members within a party in random order) it will basically sort itself out due to how many people vote above the line.
Got patronised by Nova Peris.
Aircon was lovely.
Helpers were lovely.
Had to go to Bunnings for a snag.
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I said fuck that noise and voted above the line. I just don't care anymore.
I also got Mc Donalds breakfast. Mmmm :P
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It is of national importance!
Is that a B minus or a tiny penis? Either is appropriate.
No snags here either.
I think that was House of Reps, Senate is the green paper and is usually just a handful of people. My HoR paper had 62 people and I thought that was pretty bad, 97 is just insane. What does it take to get on that thing?
Also, no I didn't get a snag. I was like 8 in the morning though, so they may not not started yet. Still a travesty.
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I had never heard of hummingbird cake before, it is pretty good.
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Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
sucks to be all you guys
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Please just kill me now
I don't want to share this planet with this man
i regret nothing
I don't know why but voting always reminds me of having a poop in a public toilet. I'm disgusted by what I see as I go in, it's a (sometimes) a painful process but it's a weight off my mind when I'm done.
No snag in a bun at my polling station.
I just inhaled some dead roster + coke at the local shopping centre.
I can't help but think that as good as a democratic system can be it will always be spoilt by giving the vote to everyone. It devalues the system and let's the vast majority of idiots have an opinion in something that they have no basic understanding of.
I think you should have to do a course and get a pass mark to be able to vote.
Then all we have to do is remove this totally fucking stupid idea politicians have that because a political party wins an election, it's a "mandate" to enable any stupid shit that they can think up.
If they can find a way to computerise referendums so they aren't so damned expensive then we will be able to exercise some democracy.
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is a heretic.