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Old 11.06.2018, 06:56 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire
Well, I'm too young to, but I have a good idea of it.

Elections are always on Saturdays here - the state election is on the last one in November every four years (this year is one), the federal one can happen at pretty much any time but is usually every three years.

Voting's compulsory if you're over 18, and we make it easy to do so - voting centres are always at schools.

You go to the roll and get your name ticked off (once you've done that, you can go home without getting fined), then you go into a booth with two sheets of paper:
*one is for the lower house; you have to number every candidate from most to least preferred
*one is for the upper house; you can either number six boxes above a line for your preferred parties or as many as you like below the line for your preferred candidates.

It seems to work.

ah

so on election saturday all businesses close so that people can go vote? or no?

here it’s done on a tuesday which basically guarantees working people are busy as fuck.

fortunately there is such thing now as early voting, voting by mail, and absentee voting.

so there really is no need to go on a tuesday. people just do it out of habit or something. their funeral...

as for ballots, it makes sense to have them scanned by machines because they can be very complex

here in my state we vote for federal house and senate (lower/upper), although only one senate seat is being contested, but we’re also voting for state governors as well as other statewide positions (attorney genral, public regulation commission seats, and state legislature seats) county positions, ballot initiatives (e.g. bonds for libraries or schoolbuses) etc etc. also,bla bla bla etc. state senate is in 2 years they have longer terms.

so you’d need like 30 pieces of paper if you did it individually

so instead you fill up one complicated ballot which then gets scanned just like the SATs or some other large-scale exam.

only if there are disputes these are recounted/ hand-counted
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