Here is my guide on how to vote. Probably too late for most of you, but you can put it away and use it to vote in future elections.
Always vote for minor parties first. Big parties are boring and the world would be a better and certainly more exciting place if there are many minor parties in parliament. This thing we call democracy, but which isn’t, would work better.
Vote for the parties you really dislike last. I always put loonies like Fred Nile’s party last.
Make sure the major party you prefer is ahead of the one you do not prefer.
Never vote according to a how-to-vote card.
For the senate you need some extra instructions.
In the senate always vote below the line.
Start with those parties you do not like. Start with the biggest number and vote backwards. In this election for NSW that’s 86 first, them 85. Count down in the columns.
Then vote for the parties you want to vote for, starting with 1 and counting up. It is important to do this becuase of the way the quota’s work. Again start with small parties first. The senate is where they can do their best
I am of the view that late counted votes have much more impact than early counted votes as they can influence the last few selections. Hence is it important to be near the end of the vote counting the senate. But I do not know enough of the actual counting mechanism to know how to achieve this. I suspect that voting below the line will help.
I have to say I am very disappointed with the inability of the world leaders to reach an agreement. Clearly they are only interested in their own vested interests and not interested in getting an agreed outcome. It is another reason why the current world’s governance system is sadly broken. But, here are some thoughts on whye need global summits?
Stilgherrian is going to Tanzania on Project Toto. So he had a going-away-and-maybe-not-coming-back-party at Kelly’s on King. There were quite a few people from the ABC there so I found myself feeling like I was on TV. He is going over there to stir political ferment by introducing them to blogging. The place may never be the same. But the internet is very expensive and their incomes very low. Only today I was reading that the median price for an E1 (2MB/s) circuit from London to Johannesburg is $13,000 USD and that the median price for 1 GB/s circuit from London to New York is $14,000. I would expect that anything to Tanzania will be more expensive still.
Apparently the dumbos at the EBU banned this song for it’s put in political references. Of course you might expect that the Georgians are not happy with the man.
I am looking for the lyrics of a song I heard once on 3RRR. All I remember is the chorus and it goes like this. I have since learned that 3PBS also played it.
Australian Pie
Bye, bye Miss Australian Pie,
Drove my Holden to the Goulburn, but the Goulburn was dry.
And good old boys drinking stubbies of Vic,
Singing this ‘ll be the day that I’m sick, this ‘ll be the day that I’m sick.
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