atw: Re: OT: Grumbling About Elections... vote [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
- From: Peter.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:50:46 +1000
> incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and
voting ..
Pause for a touch of cynicism, but those "ands" there could provide a
legal excuse for 90+% of the population....
If you actually understand voting in a democracy, you understand that the
people you elect who you generally profess to despise are only there
because you or others like you elected them. You understand that democracy
works: when you vote, you generally get a collection of people who are a
cross section of the population that voted them into power -- a mixture of
smarties, dummies, average ability people, crooks, saints, small-time
sinners. That is, they're Just Like You.
"Australian hatred of politicians is a form of self-hatred enhanced by a
system of compulsory voting. Discuss."
Should be a reasonable basis for a stir ? But ok, we're really way out
into O.T. territory here.
Peter M
From: Neil Maloney <maloneyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 21/08/2012 09:35 AM
Subject: atw: Re: OT: Grumbling About Elections... vote
Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 20/08/2012 10:26 PM, Anne Casey wrote:
> The only way you can get out of voting is basically if you've got
> dementia, a low IQ, or something else that impairs your thinking - I
> can't remember the exact phrase, but it's along the lines of not
> understanding the meaning and importance of voting. I'd have to get
> out my copy of the Act, if you're really interested.
"(8) A person who:
(a) by reason of being of unsound mind, is incapable of understanding
the nature and significance of enrolment and voting ..."
(Refer to Section 93 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.)
For a plain language summary, see:
http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/backgrounders/files/2010-eb-compulsory-voting.pdf
Neil.
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