I think they tried getting a recount rolling in Florida, it didn’t pan out too well.

Given the extraordinarily limited guaranteed civil rights and liberties in Australia, I suspect the chances for something so democratic as a recall election would be more remote yet in this neck of the weeds. I’m researching the topic now, will post what I find.

You can’t score unless you have the ball– and in the high likelihood that KRudd &c will soon have the ball, they really need to be pressed to structure in some true civil rights protections.

A constitutionally-based bill of rights, as opposed to a statutory bill of rights, based in standard legislative actions (which can be overturned on a Parliamentary whim of the moment), should be strongly advocated should KRudd win govt, despite the rather right-wing bent of the ALP at present.

Let’s hope Peter Garrett wasn’t joking.

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