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Australians Running On-Line Poll Based Senators

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the crowds-are-right-half-the-time dept.

exeme writes "The 2007 Australian election was recently announced and a new completely on-line based political party is running for election to the Australian Senate. Senator On-Line will give Australian residents eligible to vote a chance to vote in on-line polls for every piece of legislation that comes to the Senate. The senator will then blindly vote in accordance with the majority. The party has no position on anything until it is voted on and has been approved by the Australian Electoral Commission as a legitimate party. The party will be running two candidates in each Australian state." I imagine this could have a huge impact on CowboyNeal related legislation down under.

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  1. Good luck by Daishiman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hope you've got some strong crypto to make sure voting is done fairly. You wouldn't want to have a million people voting the CowboyNeal option.

  2. Re:Nice one... by lisaparratt · · Score: 4, Funny

    And a pony?

  3. What's Next? by Radon360 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I suppose the next iteration will be text messaging the way you want your senator to vote.

    Text "Aye" to 73628 to vote YES.

    Text "Nay" to 73628 to vote NO.

    (Standard messaging charges apply.)

  4. Sweet! by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of buying senators, you just can put those funds into figuring out how to game the voting system.

    May the bast hacker win!

    --
    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  5. reverse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sh... eats billions of flies?