One person one vote

**Littleman** · 16th August 2008, 20:08

Hypothetically speaking….

Election day 2008.

Ahmed rocks up to the polling booth and votes labour.

Ahmed is an unemployed 18 year old Somalian. Having left school at the age of 14 he gained his residency in 2006 and has numerous dishonesty and violence convictions. He is a new father having recently born a child with his 15 year old girlfriend.

Geoff walks up to the polling booth and carefully(yet sceptically) casts his vote.

Geoff is a 42 year old 5th generation New Zealander. He is currently employed as a chemical engineer for a firm that exports 90 percent of it product overseas. He has obtained a tertiary degree in his field of expertise. Geoff has three children who are well adjusted and are attending school. He has never been arrested and has never leaned on the public health system other than his G.P. He has private medical insurance just in case.

Despite this somewhat extreme example, it appears to be democracy in action.

Anybody know (apart from dictatorships) where one person doesn’t mean one vote?

It would be nice if an electoral system acknowledged and qualified votes proportionately to the voters input and contribution to that society.

Yeah yeah I know, idealistic stuff.

**Swoop** · 16th August 2008, 20:11

Originally Posted by Littleman

Anybody know (apart from dictatorships) where one person doesn’t mean one vote?

New Zealand. Where we get two votes.

Electorate and Party.

**R6_kid:Me** · 16th August 2008, 20:16

Originally Posted by Swoop

New Zealand. Where we get two votes.

Electorate and Party.

apart from that technicality he does have a point...

Why should a bottom of the heap child abuser/rapist/murderer that has been released from jail get the same rights as their victim, or those in society who have had to pay for the misadventures. Same goes for people who have stayed on the benefit 'seeking' employment for the last X years.

I'm with littleman on this one.

**98tls** · 16th August 2008, 20:18

Ahmed contributes to our health system

by unselfishly spreading the aids virus and more to the point therefore ensuring that his off-spring probably wont get to an age to vote for anyone let alone labour.

**Bikernereid** · 16th August 2008, 20:21

The UK! Gerrymandering means that one vote is worth more than another.

Gerrymandering: Drawing of electoral district lines in a way that gives advantage to a particular political party.

**James Deuce** · 16th August 2008, 20:27

Just what we needed. Yet another thread bashing out generalisations based on race, social status, and qualifications.

Go the NZ middle class! FTW!

**AllanB** · 16th August 2008, 20:31

Just send the little shit to prison for Statutory rape

**98tls** · 16th August 2008, 20:34

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Just what we needed. Yet another thread bashing out generalisations based on race, social status, and qualifications.

Go the NZ middle class! FTW!

Just what we needed.Another posting in a thread that he obviously has no interest in.The internets a big place,simple really.

**scracha** · 16th August 2008, 21:02

Oh excellent. Let's not have the working classes vote now. Classless society my arse

**Bikernereid** · 16th August 2008, 21:08

For a biker site this really is a political place

**98tls** · 16th August 2008, 21:21

Originally Posted by Bikern1mpho

For a biker site this really is a political place

Most sites based on..well anything invaribaly end up talking anything and why not.After many years only spending time on an American based but members all over TL based site i came across KB awhile back,the only major difference ive found is the feet stampers (think 5 year olds) that when they encounter a topic they didnt invent/dont understand or its outside there square (nothing wrong with that) perform like said 5 year olds in a supermarket.To top it off theres the KBers that look in a mirror and see god.