Friday, August 20, 2010

An election in Australia

Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard noted
"In a different age, in a different nation, in a different time, President Barak Obama inspired a nation by saying, 'Yes we can.' I am asking you, when you vote on Saturday, to say as you cast that vote, 'Yes, we will.
Yes, we will move forward together.'
Friends, that's what next Saturday is all about and I ask you to say that we will move forward together."What voters thinkAs election day approaches, some voters appear rather underwhelmed by it all."There is nobody to take much interest in," a female voter said. "They are all saying the same things over and over and who to vote for even now a couple of days out, I do not know. Nobody really commits to anything. They try to sound like they will. I think it is too much built on personalities." Voting in Australia is compulsory. The electoral system uses both preferential voting and proportional representation for elections for the lower and upper houses of parliament.

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