Media Releases Greens urge young voters to get on the roll | Greens urge young voters to get on the roll |
How to vote? I agree wholeheartedly but I also believe that we need to be educated properly on HOW to vote and the significance of how we make our mark on the voting slip. I may be simply revealing my own ignorance but it is only recently that I have even contemplated how much of a difference preferences make to the outcome of the election and power in the Senate. To quote Bob Brown at the Launch of the Greens 2007 election campaign this week "when it comes to the senate it is critical that voters know they have their backstop there to the ‘me-too-ism’ lookalikes of the big parties"... » Report this comment to administrator youth I totally agree that we should be educated on how to vote. I have never been told how the voting system works and feel stupid for asking people but how am I meant to know if no one tells me? Young people are told their whole lives that they dont know anything about politics, arent old enough to protest, and are just generally overlooked (recent APEC media coverage is a great example of this). Yet when they turn 18 they are suddenly expected to make decisions about who runs their country etc. If they are told they dont know anything then it is no wonder they dont want to enrol to vote and if their opinions are constantly overlooked then they are going to expect the same when they turn 18. » Report this comment to administrator Display 2 of 2 comments Add your comment
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