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SvennoJ on 02 May 2025
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Ryuu96 said:
curl-6 said:

The centre-left Labor Party is currently in power, with the centre-right Liberal Party (yeah, our conservative party is called the "Liberals", it's weird) challenging. 

I feel like that's only weird to Americans, Lol. There's a number of parties in Europe which are Liberal and Centre or Centre-Right. The Liberal Party in the UK tended to be Centre and also had a coalition with Conservatives once though I would now say they're more left wing than current Labour, Lol. But I suppose it depends on how "Conservative" they are because if the Conservatives in the UK changed their name to Liberals I would LMFAO and from what I've heard the Australian Liberal Party is more like UK's Tories, Lol. But my basic point is that Liberal doesn't necessarily = Left.

Anyway, I think compulsory voting should be law everywhere.

Interesting
https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/vote/failure-vote

Is there an abstain option on the ballot, none of the above?
Can you leave the ballot blank?

Or are you forced to choose a party that you don't agree with if there's none for your liking?