Election Central Quiz

What are the three levels of Australian government?

• Gold Coast

• Federal

• Local

• Queensland

• State

Democracy is:

• a government where the people have the power

• a Greek word for power

• a government that knows better and will do what it wants

• a government that elects its member itself

What values would you want a government to hold?

• Honest

• Hate

• Betrayal

• Fairness

Who can run for government in a democracy?

• Mr Burgess who is NOT a permanent resident of Australia

• Terry from across the road (he is a criminal)

• Your crazy aunty, a New Zealand citizen

• Australian Citizens

In a democracy if a group of people disagree they can:

• hit the streets and protest respectfully

• call them names in a newspaper

• bake terribly cakes for their morning tea

• go to their office and drag them out to take their place

What makes a valid election

• anonyms voting

• preferential voting

• you can vote as many times as you like

• anyone in the country can vote

What are the democratic values?

• Hate speech

• Rule of law

• Freedom to take what you think should be yours

• Freedom of speech, religious belief and expression

What is a donkey vote?

• a vote with glitter in it

• a vote numbered 1,2,3,4,5

• a vote with a drawing of fairy floss unicorns on it

• all of those things

Why do we use an electoral roll?

• to stop our New Zealanders voting

• to stop Santa rigging the votes

• to make sure people don't vote more than once

What is a preference vote?

• a system that gives independent representative the option to choose who they support

• my name of dads favorited golf clubs