Don't put Glitter in your Marriage Equality Postal Vote

Here at Party in Canberra we are HUGE believers that love is love and that everyone should have the right to a hen's party, buck's party, wedding, and above all, a marriage. Naturally, we're voting HELL YES in the upcoming marriage equality postal vote.

There have been a number of fun memes popping up throughout internet land suggesting people fill their postal votes with glitter (the cancer of the craft world) to demonstrate their overwhelming support of the Yes vote, however, including glitter in your vote could be doing more damage than good.

While chatting with ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his partner Anthony Toms we found out that while trying to demonstrate your enthusiasm for the YES vote you could be unintentionally voiding your vote.

Andrew and Anthony have this message for everyone participating in the postal vote:

"The federal government ‘s voluntary postal survey regarding marriage equality is very important to LGBTI people, their friends and family. We urge you to ensure you are enrolled to vote and have your say.

Please remember to only fill out your postal survey with your answer and nothing else. Adding glitter, stickers or anything else to your form may deem your postal survey void and mean it may not be counted. This issue is far too important to many Australians to have your survey not count."

Pictured above: ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Anthony Toms after their Civil Ceremony 8 years ago.

"But why would glitter and sticker void my vote?" I hear you ask. When the postal vote takes place the envelopes will be essentially scanned to check for any dangerous substances. While glitter and stickers isn't at the top of our "Things we'd use to kill someone" list a machine will determine that if the envelope has something in it other than paper, that your vote doesn't count.

Your vote will quickly turn from an over enthusiastic Hell YES, into something that may as well have been a no. It's just like a donkey vote in an average election. If you dont fill out the form correctly you've wasted your time.

We are regularly shown that just a few votes can be the difference between loss and victory. Make your vote count and spread this message to make sure everyone else's vote counts too.

Xo Jess