The Drum Polls - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A simple yes/no poll being conducted by the ABC in Australia. No registration required, so if you get the chance pop in and cast your vote. The ABC is a respected news and media provider here, so hopefully a positive outcome to this poll will help encourage some much needed discussion and debate on this matter.
I think the whole planet should legalize =P but this is my opinion and my wonderful fairy tell! One day maybe...one dayyyyyyyyyyyyy
Arrrggh it's getting so close, 'No' is about to take over. We need to get more people voting! Any ideas people? I posted a similar thread in the general section here and in the Cannabis section on Bluelight, but it doesn't seem to be doing much good yet.
It fluctuates a lot, a few hours before I posted the No vote was over 65%. As Littlejord pointed out, the Yes vote was at 68% yesterday as well. All I can suggest is that everyone posts it on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace etc. to get some more yes votes ticking over and push it ahead again. Don't feel disheartened though, it's undeniably a divisive issue and the ABC has a reputation for being more oriented towards an older demographic, which has proven in the past to be the most likely to oppose such a concept. The fact we're holding on to a result split down the middle will provide just as much incentive for discussion than an outright victory would. But if you get the time, share the link to the poll and encourage others to do the same. Australia may not be your home, but we're tied by the same treaty that most other countries are. If we can show that the people oppose this prohibition, our politicians will have more reason to question the place these laws have in our country. No place wants to be the first to do this, but if we can encourage multiple countries around the world to consider changing it at the same time, that's how progress happens. The facts are on our side, all we need to do is get the politicians talking. This poll wont decide the outcome, but every little push matters at this time in history.
All of my anti-weed friends have said something like: "Oh, its legal in two states now, it can't be bad for you!" Of course its good that they think positively of it now but it shows just how these kinds of people think.
If they check IP's, use the Tor Browser Bundle to vote from diff IP's. EDIT: Yes, they do. If this has any significant effect on whether Austrailia legalizes, I will push it to the limit!
HerbJedenTag, now is the time to REALLY blow their minds! Click that first link in my sig (or send me an email for an even larger version- bottom of my sig) and DARE them to read just the titles all the way through! (GC version 420 pages of links- email version 840 pages of links) They will NEVER think of cannabis in quite the same way after reading my List! Granny
Poll is now closed. Final Results: Yes: 70% No: 30% 35,509 votes. That's a pretty strong message! Thanks to everyone who voted, hopefully we see this poll acknowledged sometime soon!