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Date Posted: 11:26:24 05/01/11 Sun
Author: bc
Subject: do I have to?
In reply to: BC 's message, "voter turnout" on 11:17:26 05/01/11 Sun

... vote that is?

In Australia ...
- seems that voting is compulsory?!

"Compulsory voting means you must attend a polling place, have your name crossed off the electoral roll, accept ballot papers, retire to a voting enclosure to vote and then deposit the ballot papers in the appropriate ballot box. If you can't attend on the day, there is ample opportunity to vote ahead either in person at an early voting centre or by post. Nursing homes and hospitals are also catered for by mobile polling teams."

"If you don't want to vote, don't kick up a fuss. Ranting about the inequities of compulsory voting might make you feel better, but it just makes life more difficult for other members of the public, including the polling officials who are setting aside a day to work in a polling booth. Take the ballot paper, and even if you don't fill it in, or just scrawl vile observations on the policies of the major parties, there is no point making a nuisance of yourself in public. And remember to put you ballot paper in the box on the way out. Removing ballot papers from the polling place is an offence, and also makes the task of reconciling the votes during the count more difficult."
- from the "Green Guide"
- written by Antony Green

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[> "suffrage" -- bc, 11:33:09 05/01/11 Sun

"Suffrage" ...
- is used to describe not only the legal right to vote, but also to the practical question of the opportunity to vote ..."


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