I voted for the first time in my life today. Woohoo! I was all excited in the morning but it turned out to be as exciting as it was when I applied for my Australian citizenship. But it was a milestone nonetheless.
Mom and I drove to a nearby primary school and lined up outside the voting area. The queue was small and it moved swiftly. There were two pieces of paper to fill in: one for the House of Representatives, and one for the Senate. I was surprised to see a One Nation candidate on the ballot paper for the House of Reps. Naturally, I placed him last. 
Kevin Rudd for PM!
Bloomberg.com: Asia - Australia’s Voters Choose Between Howard, Rudd
Trackbacks/Pings
22 Responses to “My vote counts!”
-
Nov 24 2007 / 1:24 pm
Good job!
I can’t vote … Anyhoo, regardless who win, I reckon there’ll be a landslide with one’s count very close to the other. Am making popcorns tonight and sit in front of the TV to watch the results! -
Nov 24 2007 / 1:50 pm
Kevin 07!
-
Nov 24 2007 / 3:04 pm
Ha ha, it sounds like you’ve just turned 21!
-
Nov 24 2007 / 3:59 pm
Ever exercised your right not to vote? ;D
-
Nov 24 2007 / 5:49 pm
Lisa Y: it’s gonna be a close one for sure.
alyndabear: yay!
blur ting: I came here when I was 14 so I never got to vote in Malaysia. And then it took me 18 years to finally decide to get my citizenship here. So yeah, like a virgin - Hey!
Papa: not in this country we can’t. there’s a fine.
-
Nov 24 2007 / 6:10 pm
It looks like Johnny’s time is up…
-
Nov 24 2007 / 6:28 pm
Have to go to the polling station to mark attendance but you can choose to make a donkey vote by drawing smiley face & turtle on the paper. Heh :p
But I think Australia has one of the fairest elections in the whole wide world (with citizens who are not afraid to speak out) and it’s a terrible shame if one doesn’t vote.
And yup, Johnny’s out the door soon….
-
Nov 24 2007 / 7:05 pm
I voted for the first time today too
Turned 18 in August. I had a long queue, in the sun and the flies were quite happy >_< -
Nov 24 2007 / 7:10 pm
Must say this election is more exciting compare to the other ones ……
Well done ppl!!
-
Nov 24 2007 / 8:32 pm
-
Nov 24 2007 / 9:21 pm
Yay for being able to vote!
Am glad for the results.
it is time for a change! -
Nov 25 2007 / 12:47 pm
-
Nov 25 2007 / 5:47 pm
Congrats on the new PM, I think Howard is long overdue
-
Nov 25 2007 / 6:16 pm
-
Nov 25 2007 / 8:41 pm
As far as my following in regards to Aussie news, Howards was playing catching up. He change some of his policies or at least his speeches to “match” Rudd
-
Nov 25 2007 / 11:37 pm
-
Nov 26 2007 / 7:09 pm
so exciting!!! I don’t know why but I like to vote too!HAHAHAHA! Makes you feel like you are actually allowed to make a choice if you get what I mean.
-
Nov 26 2007 / 7:14 pm
sourrain: yeah it is a sense of empowerment.
-
Nov 27 2007 / 4:37 pm
OMG, Rudd got a chinese name. Playing the China Card. Hahaha
-
Nov 27 2007 / 5:11 pm
-
Nov 27 2007 / 5:29 pm
I read. Even his children also.
Leave a Reply
You might also be interested in these
- Weblog Awards 2005
- Uniquely Singapore
- In the thick of peak hour public transport
- Being Australian and not Malaysian
- Barack Obama - a US President for the World
[...] to reach the highest office of that land. Woo. I haven’t been this excited since when I voted for the first time here in Australia, when we too aching for change, ended the long reign of a politically conservative leader (John [...]