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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Brigid Delaney

From cheeky cake stalls to cheery volunteers, welcome to Australia’s democracy day

Cakes, scones and biscuits featuring names of political candidates at a cake stall at Camdenville public school
Cakes, scones and biscuits featuring names of political candidates at a cake stall at Camdenville public school in Sydney on election day. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The interstate polling booth in Sydney’s inner east momentarily had the atmosphere of an emergency room waiting for a donor organ to arrive.

They had run out of ballot papers for Victorian voters – and somewhere, racing through the streets of Potts Point, was a car with a fresh box of papers.

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