What has amazed me during the Australian General Election of 2010 is:

* this has becaome a "presidential" style election, when the manner and outcome of the election is anything but 'presidential', and they can vote according to their conscience!;

* Australian electors seem to think that they can ONLY vote according to a party's "ticket" (when, actually, they have the ability to vote for any number of their chosen electoral candidates, according to the rules for their electoral district), and they can vote according to their conscience!

** In the Senate, they can vote right down the names, and they can vote according to their conscience!

Did I mention:
they can vote according to their conscience!

The polls DO NOT reflect the eventual vote, because... people can vote according to their conscience!

Hence, I ask Australians, on 21 August 2010, to vote... according to their conscience!

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Peter