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.
Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days 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…
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The book From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage has a great history on voting in Australia and how it compares to other countries
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yes! I have read that. Was great
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ooo I’ll have to give that a read! Thank you! 💜
briongloid@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It was nice to see a regular professional concession speech again.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
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