FFS I hate voting it's becoming so 'woke'
NSW local government elections are on today - I saw a 'labor rainbow' banner. That's the end of it for me - Just did a donkey vote after getting marked off the roll as having turned up.
46-50, F
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PrimeTime · 51-55, M
Had to look up what a donkey vote is. Preference voting is interesting
butterflybaby75 · 46-50, F
@PrimeTime Here in Australia the law is that you have to show up to vote, but you only have to get marked off the roll as showing up. The law doesn't compel a person to actually cast a vote. I now just do a bit of a doodle for a few seconds, fold up the papers, put into the appropriate boxes, and leave.
PrimeTime · 51-55, M
@butterflybaby75 Gotcha. It’s an interesting system. Not sure how many other countries have it
butterflybaby75 · 46-50, F
@PrimeTime We also do not do any electronic voting - all done via hardcopy paper ballot papers. I think if electronic voting does happen here there will much less participation and pushback on the compulsory 'voting' laws.
PrimeTime · 51-55, M
@butterflybaby75 People aren’t enthusiastic about voting in general. Any change to voting system or methodology should be carefully evaluated.