Ned_Flanders
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- Aug 22, 2009
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Yeah, I try to be polite too even though offering the cards is kind of an insult in itself. But I do not think most of the people even handing out the cards would really get that. I doubt they really think much about it. It is not just about who you voting for. It is the concept of how to vote that is the underlying concept.
Most people doing this are not there to insult you.
As I tell all the rookies at the start of the day, election day is the voters day, and we are there to support them. If they want a HTV card, it's theirs. If they don't, the last thing we want to do is impose it on people.
I have given out non alp HTV cards to cover people having a break, directed people to the right volunteers when they want a non alp card, and helped collet for reuse non alp cards. I've also advised people what to do and who to speak to if they need support on voting outside my electorate.
For this, I get called a campaigner at least 2-3 times, sworn at multiple times beyond count, and have at least one person an election lecture me for 5mins+ on how I personally ****ed up their life. I'm a volunteer, but I wear that s**t with a polite smile and a nod because the day isn't about me, it's about them.
To say me giving you a HTV card you don't have to take is an insult is a bit much given the s**t we have to put up with