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$20 (or you can provide a valid and sufficient reason as to why you couldn't vote)
From the wiki: A donkey vote is a ballot cast in an election that uses a preference voting system, where a voter is permitted or required to rank candidates on the ballot paper, and ranks them based on the order the appear on the ballot paper. The voter that votes in this manner is referred to as a donkey voter
Though you may be fined up to $170. I forgot to vote in a local election over ten years ago, I got $100 fine as it was the second time, the second time I was working and could not leave my workplace as I was the only one, as the person to replace me did not turn up. Was not enough of an excuse, though could have fought it, I just ended up donated the $100 to the government.
[–]kidneyshifter0 points
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Nope! that was a bit of a problem in our last election when some nutjob party with a similar name to another much more popular but slightly less nutty bunch of nutjobs appeared on the ballot and a bunch of people voted for them by accident.
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[–] HST 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
$20 (or you can provide a valid and sufficient reason as to why you couldn't vote)
From the wiki: A donkey vote is a ballot cast in an election that uses a preference voting system, where a voter is permitted or required to rank candidates on the ballot paper, and ranks them based on the order the appear on the ballot paper. The voter that votes in this manner is referred to as a donkey voter
[–] Tsugumori 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Man. I thought it was a term for a write-in. "I don't like any of them do I just wrote down 'donkey.'"
[–] Greyseeker 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Though you may be fined up to $170. I forgot to vote in a local election over ten years ago, I got $100 fine as it was the second time, the second time I was working and could not leave my workplace as I was the only one, as the person to replace me did not turn up. Was not enough of an excuse, though could have fought it, I just ended up donated the $100 to the government.
[–] Sosacms ago
God damnit Australia... You have a ranked voting system too? Show offs.
[–] ttyy ago
Do they randomize the order on each ballot to even this out?
[–] kidneyshifter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Nope! that was a bit of a problem in our last election when some nutjob party with a similar name to another much more popular but slightly less nutty bunch of nutjobs appeared on the ballot and a bunch of people voted for them by accident.