Source: Patrick Alexander
THIS IS THE BEST
REBLOGGING THIS EVERY DAY UNTIL THE ELECTION
It’s time again!! The 2016 Australian federal election will be on Saturday July 2nd! If you haven’t enrolled already, you need to do that before 8pm Monday May 23rd or you can’t vote! wHY should you?? Because we’re lucky enough to live in a neat lil country that gives us the option to choose our leader, and the stats for young people enrolled to vote here are p. embarrassing - 1 in 5 people aged 18-24 aren’t enrolled come on ppl no wonder tony abbott was elected lmao. If you vote, you at least have the right to complain about the government like the rest of us instead of not doing anything :)
ONE TINY UPDATE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL COMIC THOUGH: The rules have changed this year so that you don’t have to number EVERY SINGLE BOX below the line, you just have to number 12 or more. this is so that weird random parties like The Australians Against Partying Party don’t get seats in the senate when people only vote for them for the lols (I think?idk i need confirmation on that, maybe i made it up. I definitely made up the name of that party anyway). this is GREAT NEWS for mE because I won’t look like the idiot young person in the polling booth taking forever, like last time.
Hey, American people? Please reblog this. We see so much of your election info here and elsewhere for so long that there are an increasing number of young Australians who do not know how our own system works and assume that it works just like yours.
Your way is so much better. I’ve known since I watched that youtube video by that Grey man.
Reblogging for down under followers (I’ve sold a couple of books to Australians, so I’m sure I have a few).
my conclusions:
australia’s system is not like america’s
america’s should be more like australia’s
This is surprisingly accurate, though not in the way intended.
The one "good" option is someone claiming to hate the state, while running for a (presumably) paid position within the state. The "good" option is also wearing a top hat, so that you can tell they are already a rich bastard. More specifically, a rich bastard who believes they are able to represent hundreds / thousands of people without their direct input.
