gillpolack @ 2013-09-07T14:07:00
I have voted. I promised Sharyn I'd vote at Old Parliament House if I could, and I really wasn't up to vast amounts of walking today, so when Rachel rang me last night I asked "Are you interested?" It's good that I went with Rachel and Mia, though, for everyone else decided that OPH as a good place to vote and they were not prepared for such numbers and so the queue was long. How long? Well, we arrived there over two hours ago. Still, the queue snakes around the back corridors and I had my camera and so I finally got some photos of the features of courtyards and doors. My reference library has been improved *and* I got to spend time with friends.I have a button that says "I voted at Old Parliament House 2013" and I have a pencil that says the same. I also discovered that I totally suck at "I spy..."
The best t-shirt of the election was worn by a Liberal Party volunteer. I actually saw a candidate (called Ezekiel) though I didn't get to speak to him. I let the volunteers know about the lack of leaflets for all their parties, though I doubt that this will change anything. Apparently we were supposed to get leaflets... "Supposed" doesn't change someone's vote, though.
What interested me was how slowly the queues moved. I strongly suspect that a lot of Canberrans are voting below the line for the Senate, and had to number every single box. This will affect how quickly results are known.
I used to be one of the few people I knew who carefully sought out the most undesirable candidate so that they could have the honour of being at the bottom of my ticket, but so many people chatted about doing precisely this today. It's become a local hobby.
For me, having a special home-printed How to Vote guide (courtesy of www.belowtheline.org.au ) made the actual voting easy. I admit to a sense of the world fitting together when I put Zed at 26. Such a name is a political burden...
PS Sorry about all the typos. I think they're now fixed. I am a little the worse for wear and might rest before I get back to what I'm supposed to be doing today.
The best t-shirt of the election was worn by a Liberal Party volunteer. I actually saw a candidate (called Ezekiel) though I didn't get to speak to him. I let the volunteers know about the lack of leaflets for all their parties, though I doubt that this will change anything. Apparently we were supposed to get leaflets... "Supposed" doesn't change someone's vote, though.
What interested me was how slowly the queues moved. I strongly suspect that a lot of Canberrans are voting below the line for the Senate, and had to number every single box. This will affect how quickly results are known.
I used to be one of the few people I knew who carefully sought out the most undesirable candidate so that they could have the honour of being at the bottom of my ticket, but so many people chatted about doing precisely this today. It's become a local hobby.
For me, having a special home-printed How to Vote guide (courtesy of www.belowtheline.org.au ) made the actual voting easy. I admit to a sense of the world fitting together when I put Zed at 26. Such a name is a political burden...
PS Sorry about all the typos. I think they're now fixed. I am a little the worse for wear and might rest before I get back to what I'm supposed to be doing today.
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