CONTEXT- "I thought the Voice failed? Why are there elections for it?" This is a state's Voice (South Australia specifically) established by legislation so the people couldn't say no to it. This voice is also a babushka doll of voices, where local voices send representatives to the state Voice for some reason.
Not a lot of comments on this thread so far, but the article is funny enough. Some highlights-
According to the Australian Electoral Commission, there are an estimated 27,534 Indigenous Australians enrolled to vote in SA. This has grown approximately 10,000 in the past six years. However, about half of all Indigenous South Australians live in Adelaide
Over a third of people claiming to be Aboriginal did so in or after 2018, if you were wondering why all the "first Indigenous XYZ" looked so mayo.
There will be a total of 46 members of the SA voice from six regions. Elected members from each region will form a local voice. Each local voice will nominate two members – a male and a female – to sit on the state voice.
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Only Indigenous people were eligible to vote in the SA voice election and only Indigenous people were permitted to nominate. However, the person nominating to be on the voice did not have to be a traditional owner in the region where they nominated. For example, a Torres Strait Islander Australian who lives in Adelaide could have nominated for the voice.
Lmao. So it's not even people indigenous to the area, it's just no evil colonisers.
He told The Australian that some Indigenous voters in SA were bruised by the emphatic defeat of the national voice referendum. “There is a hangover from the referendum in terms of some people not wanting to be engaged,” Mr Maher told The Australian. “A lot of Aboriginal people gave a lot of themselves during the voice campaign and they have been taking time to heal.”
Aboriginals got so deflated after the Voice (national) got defeated that they're now too sad to vote.
!strayans lol, lmao even
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Lmao. The south Australian parliament, which governs the ENTIRE STATE, has 47 members. Let's see if overrepresentation will finally close the gap 👀
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Is there a minimum quorum for voters?
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