Hello.

Today I learnt a bit more about the history of Australian voting.

I found out that the old way of electing some one was called SHOW OF HANDS, and that to elect someone in this way, you had to raise your hand.
The down side was, other people would know who you voted for, and might not speak to you anymore if they didn't agree with you.

When the secret ballot came, people didn't know who you were voting for, but the thing is, the candidate that has the most votes sometimes doesn't have more then 50%.

Preferential voting was next, all you did was put down 1 to 4.
The candidate that you didn't like the most, you put 4 next to it, the one you did like the most, you put 1 next to.

And so that's what I learnt about voting today.

Yesterday we had an earthquake up at Hervey bay, in QLD and that was 2.7 on the magnitude scale.
We also had another two this year in September.
One of the others was on the 5th of September and it was up in Howes Valley in NSW, and it was 3.2.
The other one was on the 4th of September and it was up in Pyramid Hill, Vic, and that was 2.2.

See ya tomorrow.