Voting

[Cmarsh]

With the big day upon us, do you actually take your vote seriously?

Years past I've generally been detached from politics, and I've just put a 1 beside the candidate who has the most interesting name.

In fact I'm so detached this year I'm just thinking about going in today, getting my name ticked off and walking out again.

 

[Doss]

I've already voted- did it on Thursday.

Voting shouldn't be compulsory, it shouldn't be forced upon people who don't give a toss.

 

[Cmarsh]

I've already voted- did it on Thursday.

Voting shouldn't be compulsory, it shouldn't be forced upon people who don't give a toss.

Voting isn't compulsory. You can go in and get your name ticked off and walk out. You dont actually have to vote.

 

[Doss]

You know what I mean.

 

[Gough]

Time to back the judgment of people who thought Tony Abbott should be PM.

 

[VineyIsLORD]

Whats the fine like for not voting? 100 bucks or so?

 

[Taylor]

Compulsory attendance dilutes the fanatical voters a little bit with more moderate minded people.

If we didn't have to show up only those who really care, which includes the super racists and gay hating people, would show up and decide how the country runs.

They could make voting between 3:30am and 4:00am on a Tuesday night and get an even more refined extremist vote result.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Have never voted & never will, on principle.

Once it's non-compulsory, I might bother about it.

And yes, I'm a conscientious objector of compulsory conscription also.

Cattle calls.

 

[Doss]

Have never voted & never will, on principle.

Once it's non-compulsory, I might bother about it.

And yes, I'm a conscientious objector of compulsory conscription also.

Cattle calls.

So do you go in, sign your name off and then walk out? Donkey vote? Or just wear the fine every time?

 

[Procrastinator35]

So do you go in, sign your name off and then walk out, donkey vote, or just wear the fine every time?

No....I've just never enrolled to vote.

 

[LiterallyNobody]

No....I've just never enrolled to vote.

I drew a dick on the ballot paper. So I guess that means I'm voting Labor.

 

[Cleavy]

"Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos"

 

[Procrastinator35]

I drew a dick on the ballot paper. So I guess that means I'm voting Labor.

Too Ambiguous more like it.

 

[Bostonian]

After the Libs pitiful targeting of independents and smaller parties during their election campaign I'm voting for the Bullet Train Party and the Liberal Democrats in the Senate.

**** the major party campaigners and all they stand for.

 

[Taylor]

I dislike single policy parties.

 

[Cmarsh]

Have never voted & never will, on principle.

Once it's non-compulsory, I might bother about it.

And yes, I'm a conscientious objector of compulsory conscription also.

Cattle calls.

Being a conscientious objector must be easy since we dont have compulsory conscription.

 

[Bostonian]

I dislike single policy parties.

I dislike major party collusion.

When you look at the choices we have in the safe Labor ward of Corio you'd understand why a single policy party is preferable to the rest of the shower of shit options available.

 

[Taylor]

Don't get me wrong, I'm totally in the closet anarchist politician hater.

The cynic in me thinks single policy parties aren't even trying to hide the fact they are riding into power by tricking the voters on one point.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Have never voted & never will, on principle.

Idiocy.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Being a conscientious objector must be easy since we don't have compulsory conscription.

On principle....It was still extant when I was a kid.

https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/conscription/

 

[Procrastinator35]

Idiocy.

Nah.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Will be voting Greens. Hopefully there's a sausage sizzle as I've never seen one in my almost decade of voting.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Nah.

Yeah.

 

[Lebbo73]

Will be voting Greens. Hopefully there's a sausage sizzle as I've never seen one in my almost decade of voting.

Go waste your vote. There are going to be a lot of recriminations when they poll 2% points worse than in 2013.

 

[crownie]

Whats the fine like for not voting? 100 bucks or so?

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...open-and-other-key-facts-20160701-gpw7ou.html

only $20 it says