http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-01/maher-act-political-rematch/4546564
"Seselja waited until the last moment to announce he was running for Senate preselection, catching Humphries and his supporters off guard. It quickly emerged that hundreds of ACT Liberal members would be ineligible to vote in the preselection ballot because they'd either failed to attend a party meeting in the past six months or had attended meetings that didn't count because they failed to reach a quorum. Some members claim they were told they could vote only to have that right 'withdrawn' on the day.In the ballot on the weekend Seselja defeated Humphries 114-84; the Senate ticket was decided by just 198 people in a party membership of more than 600 in the ACT."
This is a microcosm of democracy as practiced today: manipulative tricks by elites to gain and hold power (get what they want). The entire system is rigged to maintain the status quo and keep the elites where they are. This situation is not necessarily a bad thing but it needs to be identified for what it is. Take all news from the present mass media with a grain nor two of salt.
"Seselja waited until the last moment to announce he was running for Senate preselection, catching Humphries and his supporters off guard. It quickly emerged that hundreds of ACT Liberal members would be ineligible to vote in the preselection ballot because they'd either failed to attend a party meeting in the past six months or had attended meetings that didn't count because they failed to reach a quorum. Some members claim they were told they could vote only to have that right 'withdrawn' on the day.In the ballot on the weekend Seselja defeated Humphries 114-84; the Senate ticket was decided by just 198 people in a party membership of more than 600 in the ACT."
This is a microcosm of democracy as practiced today: manipulative tricks by elites to gain and hold power (get what they want). The entire system is rigged to maintain the status quo and keep the elites where they are. This situation is not necessarily a bad thing but it needs to be identified for what it is. Take all news from the present mass media with a grain nor two of salt.
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