27-04-2019, 11:32 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by Moscow
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No one gives a flying f*ck about what Australia or Australians do....you and your adopted country are a complete irrelevance.I'm more interested in Aborigines and Koalas than Australians.
28-04-2019, 06:00 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by Bruce
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As I have mentioned elsewhere we are preparing for a federal Election on the 18th May. The electoral rolls have just closed for this election. According to the Electoral Commission 98% of people eligible to vote have enrolled for this election. Young people have become engaged in the political system as never before - possibly as a result of the same sex marriage plebiscite.
One thing about Australian elections is that no one every complains about the result it is truly the will of the people for good reasons:
Voting is compulsory
Elections are always held on a Saturday.
Voting is a preferential system so every vote counts.
Then there is the Senate (yep, we are a democracy, no unelected swill here)
https://www.aec.gov.au/voting/counting/senate_count.htm
29-04-2019, 01:54 AM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by d00d
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But how many spoiled papers? They're counted as a political statement, surely.
29-04-2019, 08:48 AM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by Bruce
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As I have mentioned elsewhere we are preparing for a federal Election on the 18th May. The electoral rolls have just closed for this election. According to the Electoral Commission 98% of people eligible to vote have enrolled for this election. Young people have become engaged in the political system as never before - possibly as a result of the same sex marriage plebiscite.
One thing about Australian elections is that no one every complains about the result it is truly the will of the people for good reasons:
Voting is compulsory
Elections are always held on a Saturday
Voting is a preferential system so every vote counts.
Then there is the Senate (yep, we are a democracy, no unelected swill here)
https://www.aec.gov.au/voting/counting/senate_count.htm
Gan oan yersel mate!
29-04-2019, 11:34 AM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by weedeek
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You seem to have provoked the ire of the usual on here, must be doing something right then! Little Englanders don’t seem to like more democratic systems out of their little isolationist bubble.We have a semi-proportional system for the Scottish Parliament, which is not perfect but better than pure first by the post (the system even helped the Tories up here!) . They also don’t like the idea of compulsory voting, perhaps because it might relegate extremists to the margins where they belong!Gan oan yersel mate!
I'm not so sure that voting should be compulsory, though.
29-04-2019, 11:44 AM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by OldFogey
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"Little Englanders" is they key phrase there, and "isolationist bubble" is good, too.I'm not so sure that voting should be compulsory, though.
29-04-2019, 02:54 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by weedeek
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You seem to have provoked the ire of the usual on here, must be doing something right then! Little Englanders don’t seem to like more democratic systems out of their little isolationist bubble.We have a semi-proportional system for the Scottish Parliament, which is not perfect but better than pure first by the post (the system even helped the Tories up here!) . They also don’t like the idea of compulsory voting, perhaps because it might relegate extremists to the margins where they belong!Gan oan yersel mate!
There are a few things Australia does/did really well, the electoral system is one, metrication/decimalisation and the industrial awards, arbitration and conciliation system are others (though it has to be said that the latter has been tinkered with far too many times by both sides of politics
29-04-2019, 03:03 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by OldFogey
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I'm not so sure that voting should be compulsory, though.
29-04-2019, 03:28 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Does that mean that with compulsory voting you get less chance of the hard left and hard right gaining control or does it mean that you end up with a parliament with lots of small parties scrabbling around to build up their voting potential?Is it easier for people to vote on a Saturday as there are far less people who have to work on that day rather than a weekday?
29-04-2019, 03:37 PM
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Re: Who Votes?
Originally Posted by Bruce
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I don't mind, they are happy sitting in the corner with their crayons doing their colouring in.There are a few things Australia does/did really well, the electoral system is one, metrication/decimalisation and the industrial awards, arbitration and conciliation system are others (though it has to be said that the latter has been tinkered with far too many times by both sides of politics
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