Bam wrote on Aug 30
th, 2013 at 11:32am:
The problem here is that most people who vote above the line don't actually know to whom they are giving their second preferences. The voting tickets for the parties are the outcomes of negotiations amongst the faceless people of the parties, and the voting tickets are not easily available at the polling place ?
What are you talking about?
Its your responsibility to FIND OUT - its all on the web site and in your letter box prior to the actual voting day.
You vote once every 3 years in federal elections and you cant be bothered writing 100 numbers down? Is that what you are saying?
How long does it take to write 100 numbers in boxes? 3 or 4 minutes?
If you want to distribute preferences YOUR WAY, then spend a few minutes doing it.
If you want another party to do it for you then inform yourself of their preference intentions.
Everything comes back to the voter
If a voter wishes to cast a donkey vote, ill informed vote or puppet vote then that is their choice on polling day.
What I suggest you do is register for a postal vote to be sent to your home. You then can have up to a few weeks to fill in the two ballot papers
And stop complaining about one the only democratic responsibilities that you have in this country
It's chimp logic like that which doesn't take human nature into account and attempts to paint people who find it difficult to navigate an unnecessarily complex process as ignorant and absolve any guilt that might exist by the knowledge that the process is designed to be confusing, having the statistical evidence to prove it. A rational polity would make the process as user friendly as possible.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT BEING HUMAN, SPEAK OUT NOW BEFORE SHAME IS AGAIN USED TO SUBVERT, AS IT WAS FOR smacking HUNDREDS OF YEARS UNDER THE CHURCHES!
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