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spindles · 10-13-2008, 05:46 PM

I'm amazed that you guys don't have a standardised way to vote.

In Oz, walk into ANY polling booth anywhere in the country to vote on the day, get name ticked off role, get handed a piece of paper (or two) and get pointed to a booth with a pencil tied to it, number the candidate boxes, put paper in box on the way out.

The closest polling booth to home is in the local primary school (all of 5 minutes walk from home). There are queues, but usually all done within 15-20 minutes.

And we ALWAYS vote on Saturdays, so the go early mantra does not apply as early is usually just as busy as any other time.

You can postal vote if you aren't going to be near a polling station on the day, but I've never done it.

10-13-2008, 05:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I'm amazed that you guys don't have a standardised way to vote. In Oz, walk into ANY polling booth anywhere in the country to vote on the day, get name ticked off role, get handed a piece of paper (or two) and get pointed to a booth with a pencil tied to it, number the candidate boxes, put paper in box on the way out. The closest polling booth to home is in the local primary school (all of 5 minutes walk from home). There are queues, but usually all done within 15-20 minutes. And we ALWAYS vote on Saturdays, so the go early mantra does not apply as early is usually just as busy as any other time. You can postal vote if you aren't going to be near a polling station on the day, but I've never done it. __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?