So as I keep banging on about - we don't have compulsory voting and never have
had, we have compulsory attendance at the booth. Amazing that almost no-one in
Australia knows this because of the way that we describe it.
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On 16/03/2014, at 12:59 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:51:35PM +1030, David Thatcher wrote:
>> ... getting your name crossed
>> off results in you being handed the ballot papers (whether you actually
>> take them or not), so your compulsory vote counts as informal if you
>> walk out without marking or posting the papers
>
> According to the booth manager I spoke with today, state electoral law
> in South Australia is the same as Federal electoral law. Apparently
> Polling Booth officials are required to post ballot papers that are
> refused by the elector, or found in the booths (i.e accepted but left in
> the booth - marked or unmarked). Interestingly I noted that this year
> both the SA House of Assembly and Legislative Council papers bore the
> sentence "You are not legally obliged to mark the ballot paper."... :)
>
> davidt
>
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