Saturday, August 21, 2010
Election Day 2010!
Today Australia votes for a new Prime Minister with a federal election. It is compulsory to vote here in Australia and as much as this time it was tempting to make a 'donkey' vote I take my responsibility seriously, I figure you cannot complain in the future if you have not taken advantage of your vote. Because I am off to the boarding house to work this morning SH, HS and I voted yesterday afternoon. It was HS's first time to vote and I am proud to say him and his friends discussed the issues that affect them and he made a decision about how to vote, very different from when I first started voting and you automatically voted the way your parents had!!!
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Informed decisions that is what I like to hear. When I voted first the age was 21 and by then I had made up my own mind and went away from my parent's voting .
My father and I never agreed on political issues from when I was quite young so I can only guess we never voted for the same person.
Good to hear a young person interested, I have come across a lot who deliberately did not enrol until it was too late!
My DS is working as a polling official...nice to see him taking interest! I will be glad that it is all over though!
Interesting election this year! I can't believe that my son will be old enough, next time an election comes around.
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