It’s a very Australian sentiment that everybody should get a go no matter what. Most can get onboard with this idea, until it translates to the fact that everybody gets a vote, even if you think they deserve one or not.
Just days after Australia took a collective sigh of relief and happily embraced its new Prime Minister, a local woman has been struck with panic, unable to remember how she prioritised her least favourite candidates.
“I knew who I wanted at the top of the list, but it wasn’t until I got to the end – the back wash equivalent of candidates – that things got a bit hazy”. Clare Blackwell, a registered nurse from Redfern tells us.
“When it got to the point of having to choose between preferencing The United Party or One Nation candidate, I think I blacked out…”
“It was like Sophie’s Choice but the children were both ungrateful pricks that ripped me from vagina to asshole on both occasions, more painful and deeper than the last”.
When asked if there was ever a way to find out how she voted, would she like to know, she responded by saying “No… I don’t think so. I’ve thought about what it would mean if I voted for one before the other and vice versa and it’s upsetting either way. It’s like how I’ve never had a preference for what kind of manure I get for the garden. Either way my hands are going to be in a bag of shit, so why does it matter?”