Comment on 'Stupid' or misled? Voters demand AEC explain booth's 45% informal vote

zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• sqgl@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I followed the instructions. I don’t like those Arabic numerals so I used Roman instead.

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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Funnily enough, this would be a valid vote, under the rules. As long as it’s abundantly obvious what the intended order is

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• spiffmeister@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Missabotti resident Spencer Parry said he, too, was given wrong information about how to vote, but decided to follow the instructions on the ballot paper to number every candidate.

  Well at least one person did.

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• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Do people really not read the instructions on the ballot?

  I never have. I already know how to vote, from over a decade of voting, and even longer of discussing elections and having an amateur interest in psephology.

  I don’t listen to what the AEC workers say either.

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I already know how to vote, from over a decade of voting, and even longer of discussing elections and having an amateur interest in psephology.

    Haha, well, yes, same. But imagining I’m the average disengaged voter who hasn’t planned their vote ahead of time and I’m arriving at the polling place not totally clear on what I’m doing? I think I’d probably read the instructions. Maybe I’m kidding myself though.

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    • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Haha, well, yes, same. But imagining I’m the average disengaged voter who hasn’t planned their vote ahead of time

      If you’ve put that much thought into our democracy, does your vote matter anyway ?

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• Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Apparently some people did, confronted the AEC staff about it, and were told to “just number 1-6”.

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• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If the Proctors of a ballot location give you incorrect information I don’t think you can blame the voters.

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  • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh, to be clear, I think it’s absolutely a problem when AEC staff are giving incorrect information. However, I’d like to think that if I were in the same situation I’d have the sense to trust the printed information over what some random temporary employee said.

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