It's OK Ebbie, Allen either in, on or of Oz is a musical mate of mine, he just gets a bit confused sometimes.....lovely bloke though...... *grin*

Several years ago I worked in various council, state and federal elections, I was one of those people who cross off your name and hand you the ballot paper after initialing it. It gives one a completely new view on human stupidity.

Some people chose to make their 'point' (it's their privilege after all, under our democratic system) by writing comments about the candidate on the ballot paper. As long as there was also a valid vote, it could be counted. If the comment was the only thing written then the vote was declared informal. The papers were counted (by the aforementioned workers including me) at the close of the day's polling - it was often a very late night - then sent to the electoral office where they were counted again in case of discrepancies by tired counters (see above). As far as I know the person/s about whom the comments were written never saw those comments, and considering the vitriolic nature of many of them it's probably just as well..

Jack Campin - do you think that Oz has a monopoly on odd one-issue parties? I don't think so!

Cheers
JennieG