Paul Brecht, Evans Head
I think the first time I voted was for Labor and Gough got elected as PM for a three-year term. Then I didn’t vote for a long time until I joined the Greens – then I got disillusioned by that.
I left and didn’t want to vote. I informed the NSW electoral office why I didn’t want to, but they automatically put me on the roll (no choice?). I was off the federal roll too (had a choice).
The reason I don’t want to vote is because I believe the political systems in Australia and throughout the other countries of the world are corrupt. I don’t want to waste my time voting for a system that’s totally against the people and planet.
I waited 30 years to see the kids walk out of their classrooms for their futures and the kids to come to Mother Earth. Their choice, and I’ve made mine.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
