Has Labor won yet?

[donnashuggy]

Or isit too tight?

[lyndal1838]

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@lind9650 wrote:

No matter how they count the votes, the end result will be incorrect as many people did not get a chance to vote.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/federal-election/hospital-patients-miss-out-on-voting...

Count this happening in each State and the number of non votes would make a big difference. Why did they think that Nursing Homes votes were unimportant? Because neither party had anything better to offer the Old Age Pensioner.

Erica

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Why would you assume that all residents of Nursing Homes are Pensioners Erica?

My father was not a pensioner....he was paying hundreds of dollars every week for his place in a Nursing Home.  We registered him as a permanent postal voter so there was no chance of him missing out on voting.

[lurker172602]

Lyndal I'm not having a go at anyone.  It's just I've been reading "I thinks" all over the place (not just here) about what goes on at elections.  Just thought I'd set some misconceptions right.

[lurker172602]

They went to my in-laws nursing home and every resident got to vote.

[lurker172602]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

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@lind9650 wrote:

No matter how they count the votes, the end result will be incorrect as many people did not get a chance to vote.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/federal-election/hospital-patients-miss-out-on-voting...

Count this happening in each State and the number of non votes would make a big difference. Why did they think that Nursing Homes votes were unimportant? Because neither party had anything better to offer the Old Age Pensioner.

Erica

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Why would you assume that all residents of Nursing Homes are Pensioners Erica?

My father was not a pensioner....he was paying hundreds of dollars every week for his place in a Nursing Home.  We registered him as a permanent postal voter so there was no chance of him missing out on voting.

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Same.

[lind9650]

Not everyone in a Nursing Home has family to attend to their needs.

I admit that not everyne in a Nursing Home is a Pensioner, but the majority are, and some good news towards the cost of care would benefit all residents.

I have friends in Nursing Homes in different small towns around me and two of them never saw anyne about voting. I live in a Retirement Village with a Nursing Hme attached. We had the chance to vote in the Nursing Home last Tuesday.

All I am saying is that as far as I am concerned the whole voting system is a shemozzle and never has the correct count. All in all whatever happens, none of us will be better of.

Erica

[davidc4430]

so tell me which country has a better voting system?

i know ours isnt perfect but its pretty good and no one gets hurt trying to vote that i know of.

we dont need secruity forces with AK47s standing guard on polling booths. our pollys can go about the comunity relatively safely.

of course we dont get 100% of those able to vote actually voting but we dont do anything to try to 'rig' the votes that i can see.

i'm sure if our govt could 'rig' the result this one would, i'n pretty sure malcom doesnt want to win by 1 seat.

[lyndal1838]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

i'm sure if our govt could 'rig' the result this one would, i'n pretty sure malcom doesnt want to win by 1 seat.

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Why would either side not want to win by 1 seat?    A win is a win in anyone's language and ensures that they can keep their noses in the trough for another few years.

A hung parliament could trigger another election which the current winner may lose.

[davidc4430]

what i ment was he'd rather win by more than 1 seat and if there was a way to 'rig' things to get more seats both sides would.

prolly if it was possible, being in power would make it easier that trying to rig a vote result from opposition.

remember how hard it was to unseat jo bielkie in queensland with his gerry mander?

[lyndal1838]

But, but, but.......everyone loved Joh didn't they?   Why would they have wanted to get rid of him??

I thought it was only the voters in other states who thought Joh had outlived his usefulness.

[davidc4430]

yeah, he was a nice cuddly feller who spoke of the healing powers of pumpkin scones....it wasnt a good idea to disagree with him on anything tho.

think julie bishops got a 'death stare'? jo could vaporise ya from a mile away.