Done My Duty

I just postal voted.

I received the ballot papers yesterday and today my sole Australian friend came around so we could witness each other. Both being Australian, we weren't quite as forthright with our political opinions as two Americans would be, but we did discuss it a little and I was pleased to hear that I was helping her vote against Howard.

(Three years ago I probably would have enquired as to whether she was voting 1 for Labor in the Senate. Because that election I went around begging Labor voters to vote below the line (or vote 1 Greens) so that the prefs wouldn't flow to Fred Nile. This time around I was happy with any vote against Howard.)