I love my family. We're such dorks.

[changeling]

About the upcoming (Australian) election:*
Me: I just think that people should have to sit a test to prove they paid attention. Just a five question multiple choice, and you have to get at least three right or your vote is discounted. No vote for you!
Nys: Like who're the leaders of the two major parties.
Dad: What are their favourite colours.
Nys: Blue. No! It's greeeeen!

*For those not in the know, Australia has compulsory voting, which means everyone has a vote, and has to vote. Unfortunately, this includes Liberals**.
**And just to confuse you further, the Liberal Party is the conservative party.

Comments

[missaustralia.livejournal.com]

Excellent plan. However, Australia has compulsory voting, which means everyone has a vote, and has to vote. Unfortunately, this includes Liberals = not entirely accurate. It's compulsory to show up at the voting station and get your name ticked off, and it's compulsory to receive the voting papers, but it's not actually compulsory to vote. What you then do with the papers is up to you. You can vote, or you can throw in blank papers.

Sadly, you're completely right about the Liberals, though.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That's because you can't enforce that people cast valid votes without removing the anonymity of it. But yes, what I said wasn't totally accurate because I was being simplistic.

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

That sounds very much like cheating to me. They should have people who have to give up their identities, somewhat like entering the French Foreign Legion, whose job it is to watch that people vote.
Then they would have daily lie detector tests to prove that they had not revealed anything that they had seen. Their entire lives would be lived in deep secrecy, and no one would ever know who they were, though they would have common jobs as bakers and checkout chicks and sheep farmers, except for every four years, when their usually normal lives take on an electoral oddity.

Yes. I am full of such practical ideas, it will surprise you to hear.

[naewinter.livejournal.com]

Do you remember a few years ago people were getting into trouble for telling other people how to do non-prefferencial voting? It doesn't work any more but you used to be able to put 1 for your first preffrence and 2 for the rest of the ballot. Whiping all the other parties out of your vote.

I always vote Green/Democrat.
*Don't even think it*

YAY! Free drugs for everyone!

[oh-contraire.livejournal.com]

Didn't somebody actually get arrested for that? And Australia put on some list of countries that don't have free elections? Or something?
Bah. So much for democracy, eh?

...And damn, I'm so ashamed that I didn't think it until you put it like that. OTP!!1!.. *hides*

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

POLLING SUPERHEROES!

...dare ya to write a story about it.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Huh. Nah, never heard about it. How peculiar.

I vote Greens, Democrats, Labor, Liberal. It doesn't matter in my area, because it's a safe Labor seat (which I'd rather than a safe Lib one), and the bloke is v. decent.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That's quite amusing, in a not-very-amusing-at-all kinda way.

(I SO want someone to write Greens/Democrats slash. Dare ya!)

[oh-contraire.livejournal.com]

Heheheh. Politislash = so not my thing. :(
Except in that amused, pr0ny, subversive kind of way. *g*

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

I've a mind to now. They would be an hounarable bunch to write about.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Not my thing either, but this has to get written! And dammit, I'm too busy...

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

WOO!

[naewinter.livejournal.com]

I think so, was it the same guy who refused to go to Vietnam?

I didn't think it untill I almost posted! I couldn't think think of another way to put it though!

[nys.livejournal.com]

you vote Democrats before Labor??? I'm shocked. Democrats are a nothing party, they hardly exist anymore...

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

This was last election, you know...they still existed, then.

[spirail.livejournal.com]

i want to have an extra box at the bottom with "no confidence" next to it...i think there is room for an extra no confidence party... not sure if they would get anything done tho

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

Your icons kill me! They are all very wonderful and dramatic and beautiful. Where is that one from?

[oh-contraire.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I think it might have been. I think he used to go to my uni and rile up the socialists or something as well... Meh.

Heh. I'm always doing that. Everybody seems to think it's deliberate, though. Wonder why that is... *g*

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

You could always cross out the candidates and write "NONE OF THE ABOVE" below.

Although I'd advise against it as we need every vote against Howard we can muster.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I do my best. *grins*

I haff no idea. Google's image search would be the most accurate response.

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

Ah, google image search, I love that thing.

[spirail.livejournal.com]

yes...agreed... as we get further into the election that is becoming more and more evident

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

*pokes you* Remember this plot bunny? You still have to write it.

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

Wooo I completely forgot about this one. I will promise to do this, after November 12th. Which is in...seven days. *shudder* in between then and now I have to finish one essay and one creative writing portfolio...
But thankyee for eeminding me! These poor characters may have remained forgotten forever...

[darketherdream.livejournal.com]

I meant two essays...two essays, one writing portfolio.


*cries*

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Aw. *pets*