South Perth Says "Get Your Votes In"

2.30pm on a hot midweek day when many people are away on holiday isn't the ideal time to get people to turn out in support of a cause. But needs must - Barnett and Simpson have set the poll closing date as 7th February, so campaigns must run through the holidays and into the first week of the school term, next week.

No doubt, Col and Homer chose this time to maximise distractions and minimise the likelihood of people voting, given the requirement for 50% turnout for a binding poll - but they may yet come unstuck (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/day-11-australia-day-boosts-poll.html).

Anyway, 60 or so South Perth stalwarts braved the sun and the heat to show their support. Credit to Cecilia Brooke, who is driving this campaign with a small committee, and to Hilda Turnbull of the Nationals who eloquently illustrated the importance of every vote by instancing her own experience of losing the seat of Collie by 17 votes and a local council election by 4 votes.