| ▲ | Narkov 14 hours ago |
| > The participation rate has always been low in rich western countries. Australia has entered the chat. |
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| ▲ | crabmusket 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For reference, informal votes were around 5% in our last federal election: https://results.aec.gov.au/27966/website/HouseInformalByStat... This article contains a fun breakdown of the types of informal votes including a category for "the usual anatomical drawings" (0.7% of informal votes): https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/22/2025-federal-election-p... |
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| ▲ | extra88 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You can't bring them up without including that voting is compulsory there. |
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| ▲ | crabmusket 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | See my sibling comment. Getting your name checked off is compulsory but nothing stops you from handing in a blank ballot. | | |
| ▲ | extra88 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | For the purposes of this comparison, those "informal" votes still count in the typically used participation statistics. Voters intentionally case "wasted" ballots in other countries too. | |
| ▲ | swat535 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Why would you hand blank ballot at. That point? You might as well vote. | | |
| ▲ | aloha2436 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | "I don't like any of the rat-bastards."
"I don't care."
"I think it's funnier to draw a dick. (And I don't care.)"
"I trust other people to make the right choice."
"I refuse to participate in this bourgeois sham election."
...are all reasons I've heard, even if I don't actually understand any of them. |
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