[LINK] Why Electronic Voting?

[Alan L Tyree]

On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 08:00:14 +1100
Howard Lowndes <lannet at lannet.com.au> wrote:

> 
> 
> Kim Holburn wrote:
> > I always preferred the idea of an elected president for Australia
> > and so I think did a lot of Australians but I think to work, it
> > would require major changes in our constitution and parliamentary
> > customs (which seem to be as important in some ways as the
> > constitution).  And yes we would probably get the odd public figure
> > (Arnie anyone?) but I don't know, isn't the idea of a democracy
> > that people elect who they want within the limited choice they are
> > given.  Don't we have to trust them in that? What choice do we have
> > after all?
> > 
> > As long as we get to change the government regularly I'm not sure
> > it really matters.  They all seem to get just as corrupt when
> > they've been in office a while.
> 
> I think the idea of any form of president is pointless.  It is a
> purely ceremonial appointment except for the situation of a
> constitutional crisis ala Kerr in '75.  In such a case I would prefer
> that the determination should be made by the Chief Justice of the
> High Court, then at least you might arrive at a reasoned judgement
> rather than one made my a drunken sot.

The Chief Justice of the High Court at the time would have made the
same decision. In fact, Kerr took advice from him.



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