_e_ Posted October 14, 2007 (please read and forward immediately to all young people you know!) ================================= ELECTION EXCLUDES YOUNG PEOPLE??? ================================= Today the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, has visited the Governor-General and announced the next Federal Election, but in a clever, manipulative and nasty law pushed through in Federal Parliament last year (the government could "push" this, because it has a majority in Both Houses of Parliament), the Electoral Act has been changed. =============== WRITS AND ROLLS =============== The Electoral Rolls will now close at 8pm of the day that the "writs" are issued for the election, sooner than ever before. Mr Howard has - presumably under pressure from lobby groups and his own party - still given some time beyond today's announcement for closing the Rolls. At his press conference this morning the PM stated: "The writs will issue on the 17th of October, the (electoral) rolls will close on the 22nd of October...." When the Electoral Rolls are closed, it will be TOO LATE to enrol to vote, and many thousands of young people are likely to miss out, and they will not be able to vote!! ====================================== NO HOWARD VOTES FROM YOUNG PEOPLE??? ====================================== It is likely that the government has changed this law, because it deliberately wants to stop young people to vote because most young people will not vote for Mr Howard or the Coalition government, but for Labor, The Greens, the Democrats or for any other party or for an Independent. =========================== THE CLIMATE & PLANET ELECTION =========================== This election, more than any election in Australian history, is about voting to protect our planet, and the party that performs best of all on Climate Change, should become the party that gets the votes of all people. And our guess is, that, more than any other age group, young people are highly likely to consider the environment before all other issues when making up their mind who to vote for. ================ WHAT YOU CAN DO ================ 1. Forward this message to as many young people you know; 2. Phone all young people you know and mention this issue, and ask them to enrol to vote immediately; 3. Send an SMS message to ALL young people you know, to your young friends, to any of your children or grandchildren in this age group; You can enrol to vote via the Australian Electoral Commission's website: http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/Sp...17_enrolment.ht m or here: http://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/Ho...Enrol/index.htm • More information by GetUp! about this law and about enrolling to vote is here: http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/VotingIsTheBestRevenge • Some news from the ABC about this law is here: Electoral changes will hurt young voters http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/14/2058999.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted October 14, 2007 The Electoral Rolls will now close at 8pm of the day that the "writs" areissued for the election At his press conferencethis morning the PM stated: "The writs will issue on the 17th of October, the (electoral) rolls will close on the 22nd of October...." Don't these two statements contradict each other? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mu! Posted October 14, 2007 Young people. Caring. Voting. ..... Has the whole world gone mad?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_e_ Posted October 14, 2007 Updated advice suggests, that contrary to the earlier notice, there is no additional time beyond 8pm on Wednesday 17 October for first-time voters. While the electoral rolls can be 'adjusted' for address changes until 22 October, they close this Wednesday at 8pm for first-time voters. Please adjust your alerts to young people to show this. See the AAP report here: Voters urged to get on electoral roll http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Voters...ectoral-roll/20 07/10/14/1192300585753.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conan Troutman Posted October 14, 2007 the youth should be the ones too fobb howard off! but seriously... The libs VERY recent change to electoral roll law clearly discourages young people voting/enrolling. Bit vague at the moment but if memory serves me...I think their changes may even break some international conventions.. KEVIN 07! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted October 14, 2007 the underlined bits explain why Howard needed those laws. http://au.news.yahoo.com//070404/2/12zot.html Sunday October 14, 09:40 AM Labor leads coalition in latest poll Federal Labor has maintained its lead over the coalition in the polls with the latest survey showing Labor winning 59 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. The Sun-Herald/Taverner poll, conducted last week of NSW and Victorian voters, also shows Labor leader Kevin Rudd leading Prime Minister John Howard as preferred prime minister by 10 percentage points. The poll shows 73 per cent of people aged 18 to 29 in NSW and Victoria prefer Kevin Rudd's Labor Party to Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition. It also shows 60 per cent of those surveyed aged 30 to 54 years prefer Labor. But the coalition just edges Labor with the over 55s, with 51 per cent favouring the government. Labor is however favoured by 56 per cent of all women surveyed, and 62 per cent of the men. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
folias Posted October 14, 2007 (edited) yay! Edited October 14, 2007 by folias Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XipeTotec Posted October 14, 2007 (edited) the underlined bits explain why Howard needed those laws.http://au.news.yahoo.com//070404/2/12zot.html The poll shows 73 per cent of people aged 18 to 29 in NSW and Victoria prefer Kevin Rudd's Labor Party to Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition. That is because:- A: because he is kevin07 B: 73 % of people aged 18-29 are oblivious to, oh, everything Im turning into one of those people who dislike the whipper-snappers (my mum calls me that torsten, how old is she- ) I did catch j-tv some while back (I hear that young people listen to jjj etc) and they were really making young folk aware of these changes to enrolment dates(if thats what u guys are even talking about), therefore, even though this new "system" was not really publicly announced as it should have been, something with a strong youth market such as JJJ should have assured that this information was spread.... that is ofcourse, unless the whipper-snappers didnt think this important enough to share with there mates. Edited October 14, 2007 by XipeTotec Share this post Link to post Share on other sites