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Politics: Left, Right, and Center National, state, regional, and local politics. Who's doing what to whom, and what you can do about it. How-to-get-action messages are encouraged. "How the government fucked up my life" stories are encouraged. Sharing new methods for cheating on taxes is encouraged. Sample "letters to congresscritters" are encouraged. Apathy and "I can't do anything" posts are discouraged. Left, right, centrist, or any other form of political-economic systems are all up for discussion. Be prepared to defend yourself, or at least have a good line of bullshit ready. Extensive quoting of economists and philosophers is frowned upon. We want to hear what YOU have to say, not what some constipated, impotent, dead guy dreamt up while suffering from the DT's over a hundred years ago thought.

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Old 2008-11-08, 01:54
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Default Only if your over 18?

So.. i live in New Zealand and today is election day, im 19 and i just voted for the first time.

All i did was give them this "card" containing some information and then proceeded to vote, there was no photo id or verification needed, which just made me think.. theres plenty of people who dont give a fuck about politics and dont vote, if soeone under 18 was eager enough they could obtain one of these cards and then vote , despite it being illegal.

all you have to do is look 18+
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Old 2008-11-08, 02:50
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Well, if they have enough motivation to go about making a fake card, then I presume they care quite a bit about the elections, which is more than can be said about the average voter. More power to them, as long it is isn't fraud.
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Old 2008-11-08, 11:50
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Australia
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Haha. New Zealand first didn't make 5%

59 National + 5 ACT
+ 1 United Future (if we want to go overboard)
= 65 seats
In a 122 seat parliament, that's a majority folks.

Ding dong the witch is dead.
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Old 2008-11-08, 11:53
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Australia
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Actually fuck including united future.

Liberal Conservatism (National) + Classical Liberalism (ACT) should make for an interesting government.
 
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