Howdy folks. I decided today that I didn't want to have to run the propaganda gauntlet and line up with the hoi polloi on Election Day when I should be busy getting my sleep between shifts.
So I went into an AEC office and had an air-conditioned room virtually all to myself to take my time casting my votes, and as a result, I now thoroughly recommend to one and all that one should find a place where one can vote early rather than leaving it to "the day".
How much more time and advertising do you need to help make up your mind anyway ?
If you're in Perth city then one such place is 111 St Georges Terrace, 10th floor (signposted in the foyer), which is at the corner of St Georges Terrace and William Street, and diagonally opposite to the BankWest tower.
My Green Ballot paper was pretty easy - I'm in the safe seat of Pearce so I could put virtually anything without causing an upset, but I did a "1,2,3,4,5 ... 9" response favouring the incumbent over the nutters, but I did forget that a valid vote (you never see advertised on official "how to vote" cards) can also apparently merely be a 1 for your main preference and then 2 for everyone else, which obviously spoils any preference deals. Oh well.
Some guy once got thrown in jail for handing out "how to vote" cards telling folk that, didn't he ? Perhaps the "1, 2, 2, 2 ..." loophole has been closed up now anyway.
(Goes off and does some research). Yup, that loophole is no more and if you DO elect to do a "1,2,2,2 ..." etc, you will have just rendered your vote informal ... as in "donkey voted".
See: http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/guide/howtovote.htm for info on voting and what constitutes a valid vote.
My vote order for the Senate started out according to the "Liberal" ticket but went off the rails around half way down, but at least I got the C.E.C twits and Pinko Commie Wallies towards the end of the ticket, and most importantly, the Climate Change Nutters at the very bottom .
Yup, even I reckon Labor is better than the Oz Democrats and "The Greens" (shudder) .
Anyway, if you want to cancel out my vote, then do something other than the following.
1 Liberal
2 National
3 Christian Democratic Party
4 Family First
5 Democratic Labor Party
6 LDP
7 Group P (Campbell and Co)
8 Group M (Wynne and Co)
9 Carers Alliance
10 Conservatives for Climate and Environment
11 Non Custodial Parents Party - Equal Parenting
12 What Women Want - Australia
13 Labor
14 Australian Democrats
15 The Greens
16 Senator On-line
17 Group Q (Armstrong and Co)
18 Ungrouped (McNaught)
19 One Nation
20 Citizens Electoral Council
21 Socialist Alliance
22 Climate Change Coalition
Here is to an Oz Government that isn't too much one way or another, and definitely doesn't have "That Gillard Woman" in it ...
regarDS
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