The road is rising at Brunswick East major faculty the place voters are handled to cake stalls and vegan sausages as they make their alternative.
Julie Liu, 27, a lawyer initially from Brisbane, says she’s undecided who she’ll vote for however rocked up early to get a vegan sausage.
“I by no means actually know who I need to vote for, simply whoever doesn’t hand me pamphlets,” she laughs.
In terms of the tips on how to vote card gauntlet on the faculty, a Labor Occasion volunteer is profitable for many talkative, joyfully wishing everybody “a very good weekend” as they exit the varsity after the voting.
“You’ve obtained a cake stall, how will you be offended?” he stated.
The voting sales space in Brunswick East – which lies in Melbourne’s interior north and is Greens MP Dr Tim Learn’s citizens – has only one lone Liberal volunteer giving out tips on how to vote playing cards, who was repeatedly met with rejection on Saturday morning.
An enterprising barista is taking espresso orders from folks as they wait to vote.