Australia is having one of its 3 yearly elections for Federal parliament today and Dot and I voted really early - at 8 am sharp. This is because it takes an immense time to fill in ballot papers and we anticipated long queues later in the day. The Representatives seat for New England had 9 candidates and we had to number all 9 in order of preference!. The Senate ballot paper for NSW had, believe it or not precisely 110 candidates, mostly grouped by affiliation. We could do two things. First,we could select just one box for the group we supported and that means taking all the group's candidates in the order they've selected. Alternatively, we could number all the boxes from 1 to 110, which is what I did! The ballot paper was at least 1 metre long and it took an eternity to complete.
Since the major parties disgraced themselves with endless lies and platitudes, I went for 21st century (i.e. modern) people who were thinking about the future, rather than 19th or 20th century relics.
AS
Since the major parties disgraced themselves with endless lies and platitudes, I went for 21st century (i.e. modern) people who were thinking about the future, rather than 19th or 20th century relics.
AS
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