How is it even a fair election when people can choose whether or not to vote?
Everybody of the voting age in Australia is required to turn up to vote. You can of course mess up your ballot papers, but people are far less likely to do that it seems, than in the US where you can just not turn up.
Hope the Republicans have stacked the wings with a few strong influential honest stalwarts. Could be they’ll be needed.
The article below is the most uplifting thing I’ve read so far about the election results …
https://substack.com/home/post/p-151265805
And just a couple of hours later, one of my favorite magazines opened with this article …
Rita de Heer 