I paid $3.50, but got free onions. Interested to hear what others paid.

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    71 year ago

    I thought it was free. So you guys buy it after to celebrate voting, or are there just a lot of people selling sausages near polls?

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        11 year ago

        In my defence, I’ve read lots about Australian democracy sausage and how every polling station has one so I just thought it was a part of the volunteering process of Australian democracy.

        Also, this is the first time I’m reading about prices for it, so I thought I’d have heard about it being paid before. I also thought it was a cheap sausage.

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            11 year ago

            No I thought the like the sausage is cheap for the person giving it out since it’s bought in bulk, subsidised and of basic quality.

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              11 year ago

              Definitely not subsidised in any way. This is roughly equivalent to a US “bake sale” where the school P&C or a sporting organisation sells them as a fundraiser. The govt has zero involvement. It’s purely citizen driven.

              Yes they’re usually fairly cheap/low quality snags though

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        11 year ago

        My girlfriend (who is not an Australian citizen and has never had to vote here) thought exactly the same thing. She was asking me if I could get free lemon slices again after I voted today.

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      31 year ago

      I’m guessing you’re not from Aus. Weird to think that democracy snags are a purely Australian thing… If I didn’t eat a sausage after voting I don’t know what I’d do with myself. Our democracy might as well collapse

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        41 year ago

        As an American we get a sticker and get told to go back to work after we vote. No cake, no sausage, not even a bit of time off to do it.

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          31 year ago

          Our elections are always on a Saturday from 9am to 6pm. We also always have a few polling stations open for two weeks before voting day so you can vote early if you can’t make it on the official date.

          We have to vote. We get a $100 fine if we don’t.