Comment on MP berates informal voters after dud ballot spike in NSW seat
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoMore people should spoil their ballot instead of doing the donkey vote. If they want to express disinterest, the former is better than the latter.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Donkey votes can be a valid vote politically, depending on the draw and the individual’s political beliefs. I gave what could be considered a donkey vote in the 2024 Qld state election. (“Could be considered” because I’ve seen one definition that says either [1, 2, 3, 4] or [4, 3, 2, 1] can be called a donkey vote, and the latter is what I did.) It just so happened that in my electorate, candidates were drawn in order from most conservative to most progressive.