Do Political Signs

[grandmoon]

Those that the local candidates place in the streets influence how you vote ??

From my bedroom window I can see 2 both  for the same candidate.

[azureline**]

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@am*3 wrote:

Are you going to get one and see if that is true az.?

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no it might rub the paint off on my fabric.........

[***super_nova***]

No, these signs make no difference to me, but I wonder why would anybody put them up.  Or is that the candidates themselves approach householders?

[freddie*rooster]

This postal vote form was either delivered by the mailman as junk mail or hand delivered by someone.

[cherry*135]

super-nova  - the political signs on people's lawns... I think the people that live there are ardent fans of a candidate and/or party and are proud to have their sign on their lawn.

freddie... that is very odd isn't it, having political advt on postal voting applications.

[freakiness]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

No, these signs make no difference to me, but I wonder why would anybody put them up.  Or is that the candidates themselves approach householders?

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I've seen a few this time around. I've heard there's a bit of damage and removal of candidates signs going on. The green against Turnbull posted photos of his sign covering her sign  🙂

[daydream**believer]

No, i completely ignore them

[freddie*rooster]

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@am*3 wrote:

super-nova  - the political signs on people's lawns... I think the people that live there are ardent fans of a candidate and/or party and are proud to have their sign on their lawn.

freddie... that is very odd isn't it, having political advt on postal voting applications.

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Am3 that's what I thought, i'm wondering if the National Party has paid for the advert and their share of the delivery of the postal vote application, I might make some inquiries about this. It's wrong!!

[purplecarrot-top]

Freddie this is from the AEC site

Why have I received a postal vote application from a political party?

Electoral law allows political parties or candidates to mail postal vote applications to you along with candidate and political party election campaign material.

If you have received a postal vote application sent by a political party you do not have to use the application. If you complete the application and return it to the party or candidate, they must then forward your form to the AEC for processing. However, you are not required to send the application back to the party or candidate. Instead you can return it directly to the AEC by mailing it to:

Australian Electoral Commission
Reply Paid 9867
[your capital city]

http://www.aec.gov.au/FAQs/Voting_Australia.htm#party-pva

I applied for our postal votes online on Monday. Too far to travel to vote. lol

[freakiness]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

super-nova  - the political signs on people's lawns... I think the people that live there are ardent fans of a candidate and/or party and are proud to have their sign on their lawn.

freddie... that is very odd isn't it, having political advt on postal voting applications.

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Am3 that's what I thought, i'm wondering if the National Party has paid for the advert and their share of the delivery of the postal vote application, I might make some inquiries about this. It's wrong!!

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Yes, I got them too. Apparently they get the applications made and send them out. The return address on the return envelope is the party state office, not the electoral commission but on the form they must include the actual electoral commission address.

[cherry*135]

A bit misleading really. Some people may not intend to do a postal vote but if they receive one in the mail, may see it as an easier option and may be influenced by who sent it out.