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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • My understanding is that an informal vote IS a valid way of voting. It may not be what I do, or what you do, or what he does. But people have the right to vote as they wish, and if that results in an invalid vote, then so be it. They are entitled to vote that way.

    Is he really whinging that they didn’t vote for him?

    One other possibility that wasn’t covered in the article is that perhaps there were so many informal votes in that electorate because the voters in that electorate are, on average, more stupid than elsewhere in Australia and simply were unable to cast a valid vote. I really would like to see have seen some hard data on that. If that is actually the case, then this guy’s complaint that stupid people can’t vote properly may be seen by some people as, well, er, stupid.

    So, that sends us into the twilight zone, as it begs question: Could Michael McCormack have voted informally?

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