U.S. Presidential Race 2012

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Three tiers here also except it's Provinces (provincial) in lieu of states.

Very interesting fact CH, that there is actually Compulsary voting in Australia !!!!! WHy not local voting also ? How is it enforced ?????...good idea actually...must p off the human rights advocates though ????

every Australian Citizen must enrol on the Electoral Roll at age 18 and is checked off against taxation records,Social Security records, Drivers Licences...ie: numerous Govt Agencies.
when you go to vote your name is crossed off the official register...as long as you turn up to vote on Election Day and get your name checked off it is up to you as to whether you actually fill in your election forms correctly or "void" them....failure to turn up to get your name checked off and you recieve a fine in the mail.

i dont believe in compulsory voting simply because too many idiots just fill in the forms because they have to...ie: dont think about policies etc, therefore they throw their votes away to whoever for no reason!

Local Govt elections have never been compulsory here,the others have...have no idea why,even when i ran for Parliament on Federal and State levels for One Nation Party i never found out why this is so!

i would say that 45-55% of the population are "swinging voters"(not loyal to either Liberal or Labour)

definition:
Liberal: are our Conservative Party
Labor: leftist leaning policies
numerous other parties also;
Greens: environmentalists(extreme leftists)
Democrats: bi-partisan,support what they consider reasonable policies by either Lib's/Labor(mainly leftists)
One Nation: putting Australia first,ie:fix us before helping out other countries basically(conservative)
Christian Family: very Catholic views(conservative)

and then we usually have numerous "indipendants" also who carry their own 'crosses'

human rights?....IMO,they and the UN can go to hell,we dont need outsiders telling us how to live and run "our" country with "international charters"...!!!!