If you don’t know about the Indigenous voice, find out. When you do, you’ll vote yes

Don’t Know, Don’t Vote signs. ‘Should we deny First Nations’ wish for justice simply because we are frightened of shadows?’ Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

“If you don’t know, vote no” has a catchy ring. But an informed vote is so much better. If finding out is easy – and it is – why not take the opportunity to cast an informed vote at a referendum of great importance for Australia?

Start with common ground. The yes and no cases in the referendum debate agree that there is an unacceptable gap between the living standards of a very large proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. As the official no case says, “We all want to help Indigenous Australians in disadvantaged communities to close the gap and achieve reconciliation.”