have you seen this very funny election spoof?
Posted on July 7th, 2010
There are all kinds of ways to encourage you to get enrolled to vote. There’s this spoof that GetUp put together. You might have seen it on Q&A Monday night?
There’s also this dotpointed cheat sheet, which you might like to copy and paste and pass around your email list.
Please enrol. Please?
- The previous (Liberal) government introduced laws that make it difficult to enrol to vote once the election is called
- If you’re enrolling for the first time (like, you just turned 18 recently): you have until 8pm the same day the writ is issued.
- If you’re updating your details: you have until 8pm three days after the writ is issued.
- A writ is issued between one and four days after the PM announces the election date. You won’t know. Probably until it’s too late.
What does this mean?
- You have VERY LITTLE time to vote once the PM announces the election date.
- The election is about to be called, any day/week now. You really really really need to get enrolled now.
I’m worked up about this and think you should be, too, because:
- These laws disadvantage young people (first-time voters), and people who move a lot for uni or work or travel)…who tend to be youngish also.
- I’m not going to pass comment on how wrong it is to have election laws that disadvantage young people, or speculate as to why a government would legislate to make it so hard for young, mobile people who tend to vote to the Left from being properly enrolled…Nope, not a word.
- You’ll be fined $110 if you don’t vote. Not cool. And rather messy. Best avoided by doing the below.
Instead I urge you to, check out the Electoral Commission’s Famous People Vote Too site, and:
- click here to check you’re enrolled properly.Takes two seconds.
- And here to enrol if it’s your first time.
The end.
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Love the trailer Sarah – thks for sharing it. Good they included The Greens at the end, who are likely to have a big role to play in this one.
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I’m glad you posed this, i seem to have dropped off GetUps email list. I think my fav part was “August, question mark”…..
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Yo Sarah
Working on a project that I want to introduce you to. The connection to Get Up – like you they’d be an awesome partner.
I thought of you when people told us Garage Sales are about de-cluttering…and of course your media profile…
Have a look at the link below to get the jist.
http://vimeo.com/12708204
let me know if you like
Best
Andrew Valder
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I work for a government agency. I just tried to obtain the form online to update my details on the AEC website yet we’re banned from having the version of Adobe that allows us to even view the form.
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[...] stuff I’m not paid to endorse: the sharp political twits I follow Posted on July 15th, 2010 ***Updated Friday 5pm: News is emerging the election will be called tomorrow. The PM is saying she’ll ask the GG to delay issuing the writ until Wednesday, which means IF YOU’RE NOT ENROLLED TO VOTE YOU’LL HAVE ABOUT FIVE DAYS TO DO SO. Do it at my link here. [...]
Your by-line “this blog makes life better, sweeter” seems a bit pretentious . . however I must concede you hit the mark by allowing DH & me to see this spoof. Now to make sure the far flung offspring in UK gets organised and does it.
JJ
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