Aussies. If you had a democracy sausage at a polling place. How much did you pay for it? And did they give you onion?Were there vegan options? #DemocracySausage #ausvotes

Dzień dobry, śniadanko było? Bo #Australia ma dziś kiełbasę wyborczą (#democracySausage).

Głosowanie w wyborach (jak tych dzisiejszych) jest na antypodach obowiązkiem, ale przy lokalach wyborczych można kupić kiełbaskę, z której dochód idzie na instytucję, w siedzibie której urządzili komisję wyborczą https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage

The aliens land in front of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. As the pale spindly alien descends from the ramp, the prime minister emerges to greet them.

"We come in peace," intones the alien, "We wish to learn about your democracy and introduce it to our home world."

"Why us?" asks the PM.

"You are keepers of the democracy sausage," replies the alien.

"Also, we are taking Antony Green."

i wanna be able to vote in #Australia so i can say, i got your #democracySausage right here

ps: don’t vote for Bargain Basement Voldemort. he gives me the creeps.

Since I already voted early (and my local polling place doesn’t have a sausage sizzle), I’m making myself homemade #democracysausage for lunch. Forget cheap supermarket sausages on white bread and tomato sauce, I’m going sulphite free sausages on Turkish bread with peri peri and cheese. #ausvotes

#DemocracySausage acquired

Democracy done, reward unlocked!

Just voted in the federal election for #Australia #AUSPol
Things I like:
- Compulsory voting. (Technically you just need to be ticked off the electoral role. Up to you how or if you mark the ballot)
- No ID required.
- Paper ballots. Simple, low tech and proven.
- Community atmosphere (even the people handing out promo stuff for the different candidates are nice to each other) plus #democracysausage and cakes.
- No guns, threats or coercion.

Went and voted with the kiddo, got our on!

Highlight of the process was hard to pick between the sausage, the fact that the school was also selling bags of gummy ducks, and the guy in the queue wearing a home made tshirt that said "Peter Dutton eats babies".

No #DemocracySausage at my local polling booth! ARE THEY TRYING TO DRIVE US TO PREPOLL??
#auspol

People seemed to like my #DemocracySausage post so if you're wondering where the best booth in your area will be tomorrow, whether there are vegan options, or where the money is going, check out Australia's greatest open data project: https://democracysausage.org

This is classic USAmerican cultural misunderstanding from Uber Eats.

The entire point of the democracy sausage is you buy it from the school fundraising committee at the polling booth.

The #DemocracySausage is a celebration of the democratic process, yes, but also more. It’s the equivalent of the American “I voted” sticker. AND just as importantly, buying the sausage at the polling booth supports the social fabric that makes up our democracy by financially supporting the school, church, scout troop etc.

Reducing this to a commercial transaction between an individual and an American tax evasion scheme without ever leaving the house is literally the opposite of what democracy sausages represent.

So as I voted yesterday, I had to cook sausages tonight because I'm suffering from #democracysausage starvation.

Important info from the Aussie embassy in Germany re #AusVotes. In person voting happening in both Frankfurt and Berlin, #DemocracySausage in Berlin only.

Periodic #AusVotes request. Please vote seriously. Don't rely on stereotypes nor election promises. They're all lies. Look at how parties voted in parliament, what policies they tried to introduce. Find who matches your beliefs. #AusPol #DemocracySausage #AusVotes2025 theyvoteforyou.org.au/

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