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LiberalLabor have little to fear from not voting
by Bo Noddy Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 11:34 AM

Liberal and Labor have little fear from those who vote informal.

Liberal and Labor have little fear from those who vote informal or advocate not voting. However smaller parties & independents do. The organisation Vote Nobody will damage parties like the Greens, Democrats & various Socialists & Independents. Voting Nobody will reduce their chance of having the balance of power in the Senate. This will increase the likelihood of expanding the nuclear, logging industry, Australias involvement in wars & harsher policies on refugees. If they were truly advocating Direct democracy they would put themselves forward to get a 50% of the voting population supporting their position. That would be democratic! How do we know that Vote Nobody is not a conspiracy by our rulers to sow apathy amongst the naive amongst us to increase the likelihood that parties or people advocating anything less than business as usual eg. the Greens/Socialists get any more power. Register as the Direct Democracy party, outline your policies and let the public decide.

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Nobody will change that! votenobody Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 03:48 PM
A vote for Nobody is a Vote for Everybody Con Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 03:36 PM
critical mass? vote 666 Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 08:23 AM
Yeah and Con Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 02:28 AM
Nobody versus the Donkey President Donkey Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 02:04 AM
Every election same thing Jed Wednesday May 30, 2007 at 12:45 AM
flicker Show me the common goal? Tuesday May 29, 2007 at 11:54 PM
Two Giant Levers For Freedom [249] Lothar Tuesday May 29, 2007 at 11:42 PM
OK, seriously now... Just learn to read Tuesday May 29, 2007 at 11:37 PM
astounding logic! silicon election Tuesday May 29, 2007 at 11:31 PM
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