Journalism. a short summary serving as an introduction to a news story, article, or other copy. the main and often most important news story.
Origin of lede1 First recorded in 1950–55; altered spelling of lead 1( def ) (in the journalism sense “short introductory summary”), used in the printing trades to distinguish it from the homograph lead 2( def ) (in the sense “thin strip of type metal for increasing the space between lines of type”)
Aside from when the COALition tried to disenfranchise certain minorities, and the gerrymandering - and #AdvanceAustralia's antics - voting is reasonably convivial. Our Election Day is ALWAYS on a Saturday, not a weekday. School and Church Halls are co-opted for polling stations, so stalls are set up for extra fundraising. Except for the occasional Referendum, voting is not cluttered up with Resolutions or Propositions. We do not vote for Governors, or Judges, or Attorneys, or Sheriffs, etc. City and town councils are voted on separately, as are States, and Federal. Most importantly...no one gets arrested for giving water to people queing to vote.
Tom Roberts •
And that's just the beginning. We've also got a preferential voting system, compulsory voting, Antony Green, a stable democracy...
I mean someone really should let them know.
#Auspol #Uspol
MsDropbear 🐨♀🌈:archlinux: :kde: :floorp: :thunderbird:🦘:vegan: •
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 •
MsDropbear 🐨♀🌈:archlinux: :kde: :floorp: :thunderbird:🦘:vegan: •
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 •
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 •
Our Election Day is ALWAYS on a Saturday, not a weekday. School and Church Halls are co-opted for polling stations, so stalls are set up for extra fundraising.
Except for the occasional Referendum, voting is not cluttered up with Resolutions or Propositions. We do not vote for Governors, or Judges, or Attorneys, or Sheriffs, etc.
City and town councils are voted on separately, as are States, and Federal.
Most importantly...no one gets arrested for giving water to people queing to vote.