Where would the world be without the USA?

bertsmobile1

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From where I sit just about all US elections seemed very much rigged as both sides do their best to make it difficult for the opposition supporters to vote.
We have compulsory voting down here and have had so from day one of federating the individual states + an electorial commission that pretends to be independent of the government to set electorate boundries , run the elections & maintain the voters roll .
The commission is of course appointed by the government of the day so does suffer the same appointment bias as your High Court does but by and large they do a reasonable job of keeping the elections fair .
 

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From where I sit just about all US elections seemed very much rigged as both sides do their best to make it difficult for the opposition supporters to vote.
We have compulsory voting down here and have had so from day one of federating the individual states + an electorial commission that pretends to be independent of the government to set electorate boundries , run the elections & maintain the voters roll .
The commission is of course appointed by the government of the day so does suffer the same appointment bias as your High Court does but by and large they do a reasonable job of keeping the elections fair .

What exactly does "compulsory voting" mean? You have to vote for some one? There are certain people here that don't think you need an ID to vote. You Aussies have ID's to vote?
 

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How about that porn industry? It changed the world.
 

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From where I sit just about all US elections seemed very much rigged as both sides do their best to make it difficult for the opposition supporters to vote.
We have compulsory voting down here and have had so from day one of federating the individual states + an electorial commission that pretends to be independent of the government to set electorate boundries , run the elections & maintain the voters roll .
The commission is of course appointed by the government of the day so does suffer the same appointment bias as your High Court does but by and large they do a reasonable job of keeping the elections fair .
Yes, the election is ALWAYS rigged... if your party lost. When your party wins, it's TOTALLY fair! :ROFLMAO:
 

bertsmobile1

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I have only voted for a major party once in the past 40 years and that was because they promised fiber to the fence broadband
They got in but what we got is the worst inernet / phone system on the planet so that was a waste
 
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