Some blurb from GetUp.org.au re: voting this weekend
In the Upper House, the balance of power could be decided by just a few hundred votes, and extreme candidates like Pauline Hanson, Fred Nile and the Shooters Party could end up with the balance of power.
Why? Because the NSW voting system means that millions of votes don't actually count toward the final tally of who gets elected! In NSW, your vote can actually 'expire'. If you don't allocate preferences, and your first preference candidate doesn't get elected, you have no say at all in the final count. That's why it's important to indicate multiple preferences.
Do your friends and family know this? Don't let them waste their vote. Check out our fun video below explaining how to make your vote count - and pass it on to your friends and family before Saturday:
www.getup.org.au/campaign/NSWElection
At the last NSW election, over half of the votes for minor parties exhausted before the final count. That can allow extreme candidates like Pauline Hanson, Fred Nile and the Shooters Party to get elected, and even gain the balance of power -- even if they receive as little as 1-2% of the vote.
We know their agenda. If elected, they'll roll back environmental protections, prevent action on climate change, put women's reproductive rights at risk and undermine the conditions and rights of workers.
To make sure your vote counts on Saturday, put a "1" next to your favourite candidate above the line -
but preference other candidates also. The more preferences you indicate, the greater the chance your vote will count - and in a race this close, every vote matters.