February 13, 2012

Easy voting card

Easy Voting Card, South Australia

I received a letter from the Electoral Commission of South Australia on Friday, reminding me that voting on March 20 is compulsory and letting me know where to vote. According to the commission’s website, the letter is meant to be sent from Monday, March 15 to all electors. A total of 1,092,762 South Australians are [...]

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The right to vote

We assume the right to vote is enshrined in a democracy. Exercising that right requires the provision of polling apparatus. The weekend election in Western Australia raises some questions about how well geared state electoral commissions are in this regard. I voted absentee because we recently moved from Kalgoorlie.

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