This Saturday, all Australian citizens have the opportunity to vote in our federal election. I love that in our country, voting is compulsory. No one can complain about who got in and say it was rigged or unfair as we all have to decide for ourselves who we want to get in.
I am at the point where I have to wonder if there is even a good option, but as we all learned in high school by reading and watching Looking for Alibrandi, in this country we vote not to get the best party in cause there's no such thing, but we vote to keep the worst party out. So that's what I did, when I lodged my postal vote (organised as I thought we might be moving by now) I voted for what was important to me. To me.
I have to admit though, this particular election has really done my head in. I am absolutely gobsmacked at the absolute slander going on between the parties. I am so sick of hearing their ads everywhere I go telling me why their opposition is terrible, terrible things they supposedly did and why I shouldn't vote for them. I am well and truly over it. I legitimately only want to vote for anyone who I haven't seen slanderous items from. I'm pretty sure that only leaves me with the Legalise Marijuana party though and... yeah nah.
What I really want to see is what they are doing to make the world a better place. I don't care about your opposition, I want to hear about you! Promote what you love, instead of bashing what you hate! That's the way to my heart! I want to vote for the party with the best manners.
I also perish to think how many millions of dollars are wasted on flyers and posted letters to homes. I received 7 just today, 4 via paid post and the others shoved in my mailbox. Who pays for that? I have already seen all of this info on the tv, the internet, on the radio, on signs... Stop wasting money!! For goodness sake.
In summary, I hate election time and cannot wait for this to be over.
