Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Lessons on Elections and Faith from Unexpected Places || Peter Zeihan" video.

Australian here: Just so you Americans know. The Australian Electoral Commission that runs elections in Australia sent a bunch of observers to America in 2020. That was nothing new or dramatic. The AEC does it all the time and not only sends people to America but all over the place. When we have elections there's Americans and many others who come here just like they go other places. This happens all over the world and in most cases it has NOTHING to with catching cheats or interference it has to do with people LEARNING HOW TO RUN THEIR OWN ELECTIONS BETTER. So there were 1,000s of foreign observers from all over the world in America in 2020 and NOT ONE HAS SAID A THING. Its not just the American's who ran the election who said it was done properly but 1,000s of foreign observers also agree that it was one of the best run elections in human history.
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@rejvaik00 If you are going to criticise another country for what ever reason GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT. YES - we have compulsory voting BUT that does NOT MEAN you actually have to vote for anyone. As you said people can simply mismark the voting form. I had a family member who used to draw an extra box and write his football team's name beside it and tick that box. Same thing. The only thing that is compulsory is that you turn up and fill out a voting slip. How you fill it out is your choice. If you don't turn up then you get a please explain letter and so long as you give a reasonable explanation NOTHING ever happens AND I have never heard of anyone being fined. SECONDLY we DO NOT have first past the post like America and Britain. We have what is called preferential voting which I think Alaska has now adopted. It encourages more people to step up as candidates and provide more options. If the main parties get slack and put up crap candidates then it leaves the door wide open for other people. Its a system that keeps our parties a lot more honest. This is how the Teal Independents won so many seats at the last election. The main parties got slack. A lot of swing voters who had voted Right at the previous election did NOT vote LEF but voted Teal. Just as the Democrats have issues accepting that 2020 wasn't that good of a result Australian Labor doesn't accept the last election wasn't that good of a result for them. A lot of of swing voter didn't swing to them but swung sideways. So please in future GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT AND NOT BULLSHlT PEOPLE.
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@rejvaik00 Well you need to be clear when you take a jibe at another country. Its gets people damn upset when you leave things out or get things wrong. The bit I hated was your remark that it makes our politicians lazy. Our preferential system makes lazy politicians vulnerable even the ones at the top. When Prime Minister John Howard got his ass handed to him it was by an independent with no party at all behind her. The Teals in the last election handed both parties a slap across the face and in the next one could easily sweep then away if they do things a little better. Their biggest issue right now is being heard and that is a problem with our media.
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