Jeff, at 17:06 on Aug 07 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Not unlike the missing postal votes for the Oz troops overseas, I guess. 

JG> I didn't know that. Blame the Iraqis.

Not sure, but I think that's where they actually ended up, instead of
wherever it is that the troops are currently located (Rwanda perhaps, I
forget now).

BG> The Libs complained bitterly about that, but failed to realise that
BG> traditionally, members of the armed forces tend to vote Labor, not
BG> conservative.

JG> Bugger the Liberals. Did the voters whose votes were lost complain. I 
JG> fucking would've been complaining!

I doubt that too many of them really gave a fuck anyway, although now that
the coalition has lodged an official high-court challenge to the election
results (WRT to the 16 vote margin in Mundingburra), they could well have
been fairly significant votes after all.  Labor has retaliated, and is now
challenging the 43 vote losing margin in Greenslopes.

And guess who ultimately pays for all of this legal bullshit anyway?  :(

Regards, Bill
@EOT:

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