The October 2020 polls are open and will be for three days.
Wherever you live, write me in for a high preference. Thank you!
The electoral results have not been certified yet but I am sure I have not lost. I only received one first preference... write-in is a terrible idea.
Congratulations to the electeds.
In general, getting elected without the support of any party (especially Labor or Fed support) is very hard if not impossible. You need huge amounts of name recognition and a good campaign behind you, and a ton of luck to pull it off.
The only example in recent times is actually Poirot in August of 2019 really, where he got a weird coalition of dissident Laborites and Federalists and won a seat as an indy on merit; with a wonderful campaign (rumoured to have been ran by tmth)
I don't really count this campaign as he had a party backing him even if the Libs aren't the most powerful force; as well as in the end some Labor support)
