• abhibeckert@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The last referendum happened before I was born so, can’t speak much to that. I imagine it would be similar to the recent federal election

    Probably you mean “before I was voting age” rather than “before I was born”. The last referendum wasn’t that long ago and it was about recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. Australia voted No.

    Anyway, it’ll be closer to a plebiscite than an election - which we’ve done more recently (gay marriage, and Australia voted Yes). Turn up at one of your ocal schools/halls/etc, preferably with photo ID so they can find your name, select “yes” or “no” on a slip of paper, fold it up and put it in a tamper proof box. Then go home and watch the count at the end of the day.

    You might be tempted to write a message (or draw a middle finger) on the slip of paper. Don’t do that. It’ll probably just result in your vote being discarded. And nobody who sees it will care - it’ll just be set aside and ignored.

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      1 year ago

      Probably you mean “before I was voting age” rather than “before I was born”. The last referendum wasn’t that long ago

      I mean I too feel the 90s weren’t that long ago, but it has been long enough that I wouldn’t assume they misspoke on that one. After all someone born when that referendum happened would turn 24 this November, so there’s a good number of people old enough to vote in this referendum who weren’t around in '99.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I’m assuming the same rule applies as per elections - as long as your vote is filled out correctly and unobscured you can draw as many penises as you want. It will still count.