Electronic Policy-Derived Preferential Voting: Killing the Arbitrary Ballot
Australia’s voting system is a complete farce. Compulsory voting forces millions of clueless, apathetic people to the polls. Most voters have no idea what the candidates actually stand for. They vote based on name recognition, party branding, or whatever bullshit they saw on TV. The result? A rotting two-party duopoly that continues to betray the public decade after decade.
It’s time to burn this broken system down and replace it with something that actually works.
The Radical New Voting System
Every voter who wants to participate must go to the official Australian Electoral Commission website and complete a mandatory quiz of at least 50 detailed policy questions.
Based on your answers, the system will generate a personalized ranked list of candidates who best align with your views. This becomes your official ranked-choice preferential vote.
Key Features of the Reform:
- National Voting for Federal Seats: Abolish local electoral divisions. Voters can vote for any candidate running for the House of Representatives across the entire country.
- State Voting: Voters in each state can vote for any candidate running in that state’s parliament.
- Real Identity + Quiz Barcode: After completing the quiz, you receive a unique barcode. This is required to cast your vote on election day. No quiz = No vote.
- End Compulsory Voting: Only informed and motivated citizens should decide elections. Forcing ignorant people to vote has been one of the biggest enablers of Australia’s political decay.
Additional Structural Reforms
- Ban Political Parties in Parliament: All candidates must run and serve as independent legislators. No parties. No coalitions. No more tribal bullshit.
- One Term Limit: Former politicians, ministers, prime ministers, and senior public servants can only serve one single term in any public office. No more career politicians.
- Full Candidate Transparency: Every candidate must publish detailed responses to all major policy positions on the electoral website, clearly stating whether they support, reject, or modify other candidates’ ideas.
- Fully Electronic, Transparent Voting: Real-time counting with complete public scrutiny. No more doubts about integrity.
Why This Must Happen
This quiz-based ranked choice system forces voters to actually think about policy instead of voting like trained monkeys for the red or blue team. It destroys geographic silos, ends the two-party cartel, and dramatically raises the quality of both voters and representatives.
No more low-information voters deciding the future of the country.
No more safe seats for mediocre career politicians.
No more party machines controlling Parliament.
The Radical Principle
Democracy is not about turning up every three years and ticking a box. It’s about informed citizens choosing the best people to represent them.
If you can’t be bothered to complete a serious policy quiz, you shouldn’t be voting. Full stop.
This is how we fix Australia’s broken politics — by demanding real engagement instead of rewarding apathy and mediocrity.
It’s time for a Radical Reset.
In simple terms:
No more coalitions and political parties
No more fake electoral divisions
No more career politicians
No more uninformed and apathetic voters
state legislatures would truly represent the citizens of their respective state.
house of representatives would truly represent their constituents.