Straya votes

Got an interesting email from Getup.org via a friend:

http://www.howshouldivote.com.au

According to the survey of 20 questions, they suggest which candidate in your electorate has views that most line up with yours. Depending on how many undecided people do this quiz and take on the recommendations, it could have an interesting effect on the election. For example, my best "match" was with an Independent who I'd never heard of before, and wouldn't have bothered voting for. Kind of an interesting way to find out about candidates running for your seat.

Another useful site is the ABC election site:
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/
complete with Anthony Green's (the very properly spoken gentleman who gives a run-down of the swings in each seat vs the % of votes counted) election guide. I had a look around the site last week, and didn't realise, for example, that I was in SUCH as safe Labor seat.