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 Briongloid   ( @briongloid@aussie.zone ) M to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 8 months ago

Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025

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Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025

 Briongloid   ( @briongloid@aussie.zone ) M to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 8 months ago
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Australian Federal Election Day

  • Where to Vote (AEC)
  • ABC Federal Election 2025
  • How does preferential voting work?
  •  imoldgreeeg   ( @imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ) 
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    8 months ago

    Even though I care not for the spud, after Trump and the shenanigans about stolen elections, I am proud that I live somewhere where elections are called and there is some basic civility around the gracious defeat speech then the victory speech. This might be the bottle of bubbly talking…

    •  StudSpud The Starchy   ( @StudChud@aussie.zone ) 
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      I think we sometimes forget how good it is here compared to other Global North countries, especially in regards to elections, and our voting rights.

      •  tombruzzo   ( @tombruzzo@aussie.zone ) 
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        The book From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage has a great history on voting in Australia and how it compares to other countries

        •  imoldgreeeg   ( @imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ) 
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          Yes! I have read that. Was great

        •  StudSpud The Starchy   ( @StudChud@aussie.zone ) 
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          Ooo I’ll have to give that a read! Thank you! 💜

    •  Alamutjones   ( @Alamutjones@aussie.zone ) 
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      He handled that well, I can give him that. On what’s clearly a challenging day for him personally, he’s been quite dignified in defeat

    •  Briongloid   ( @briongloid@aussie.zone ) OPM
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      It was nice to see a regular professional concession speech again.

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