I don’t have time to read all of this!
The Basics
Website: https://www.vep.org.au/vep_vic
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VoluntaryEuthanasiaParty/
Themes: Making sure voluntary euthanasia becomes legal. That is literally their sole policy.
With friends like these…
The Group Voting Ticket
Fiona Patten’s Reason Party and the Animal Justice Party are almost always the first two parties on the ticket, usually in that order. Chawla and Lee make it into second place in South Eastern Metro, which is pleasing. Sustainable Australia is usually in the top five, and Hinch and the LDP are in the top five about half the time. The Socialists and Transport matters show up in the top five occasionally.
The Greens and Labor always show up in the top half of the ticket, with the Greens usually ranked higher than Labor. The Liberals are usually towards the bottom of the ticket, and sometimes ranked backwards, for added animus.
At the foot of the ticket, we always have the Democratic Labour Party and the Australian Liberty Alliance, with the occasional independent. We also always have some combination of the Australian Country Party, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers, the Aussie Battlers and the Liberal Party making up the remaining three slots at the bottom of the ballot.
Essentially, the progressive and libertarian parties are favoured here, with the most conservative parties and the right wing crazies showing up in last place. There are definitely worse tickets out there.
The Body Politic
Policies, Snark, Terrible Theme Songs and Other Observations
