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They need mandatory voting, at the very least
I'm very thankful for our electoral system.
We just need to educate our electorate that we canβt βThrow away your voteβ by preferencing a special-interest party above a Major partyβ¦
Like my gran used to say (she thought she was upper class).. "I deserve two votes" even though she never read any policy. I once flippantly said maybe charlie (her doggo pug) should get one too and she was thrilled at the idea.