Yes, we are only required to turn up and get our name crossed off, but
my point is that we do have a vote AND our vote *is* counted (even if we
vote informal by whatever method) unless, of course, one postal-votes in
Tasmania. ;)
All kidding aside, the informals statistics alone make interesting
reading- the 2010 SA election made six distinctions between various
types of informal votes, and there were only 8 booths out of something
like 400 with zero informals.
davidt
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 07:48:27PM +1100, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> So as I keep banging on about - we don't have compulsory voting and never
> have had, we have compulsory attendance at the booth. Amazing that almost
> no-one in Australia knows this because of the way that we describe it.
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> On 16/03/2014, at 12:59 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
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> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:51:35PM +1030, David Thatcher wrote:
> >> ... getting your name crossed
> >> off results in you being handed the ballot papers (whether you actually
> >> take them or not), so your compulsory vote counts as informal if you
> >> walk out without marking or posting the papers
> >
> > According to the booth manager I spoke with today, state electoral law
> > in South Australia is the same as Federal electoral law. Apparently
> > Polling Booth officials are required to post ballot papers that are
> > refused by the elector, or found in the booths (i.e accepted but left in
> > the booth - marked or unmarked). Interestingly I noted that this year
> > both the SA House of Assembly and Legislative Council papers bore the
> > sentence "You are not legally obliged to mark the ballot paper."... :)
> >
> > davidt
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