http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/ a linguist without a language Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Intervening into the Intervention « matjjin-nehen Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:50:04 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/#comment-562 [...] to Labor in remote communities was enormous. The remote polling booths (which I mentioned back here) returned primary vote numbers consistently in the high 80s. In Wadeye, where vanquished former [...] [...] to Labor in remote communities was enormous. The remote polling booths (which I mentioned back here) returned primary vote numbers consistently in the high 80s. In Wadeye, where vanquished former [...]

]]> http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Bruce Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:12:21 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/#comment-564 They've had to work extra hard this year with the early cut-off date as well. I can't help but get the impression that the AEC has been in some part resistant to the anti-democratic tendencies of our current Federal Government. They’ve had to work extra hard this year with the early cut-off date as well. I can’t help but get the impression that the AEC has been in some part resistant to the anti-democratic tendencies of our current Federal Government.

]]> http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Doug Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:38:07 +0000 http://www.matjjin-nehen.com/2007/11/12/kybrook-votes/#comment-563 Yes, that's one of the things that opponents of compulsory voting forget. If we're legally obliged to vote then the electoral commission has to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to vote. In voluntary votes this is not necessarily the case, for example in the republican referendum in 1999 the AEC didn't make a great effort to ensure that everyone could vote so a lot of people (especially those outside the larger centres of population) missed out. Yes, that’s one of the things that opponents of compulsory voting forget. If we’re legally obliged to vote then the electoral commission has to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to vote. In voluntary votes this is not necessarily the case, for example in the republican referendum in 1999 the AEC didn’t make a great effort to ensure that everyone could vote so a lot of people (especially those outside the larger centres of population) missed out.

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