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I thought it was free. So you guys buy it after to celebrate voting, or are there just a lot of people selling sausages near polls?
Polling booths are usually in a school or some other community facility. At schools, the sausage sizzle and/or cake stalls are usually run by the school's P&C (Parents and Citizens association) as a fundraiser.
I'm guessing you're not from Aus. Weird to think that democracy snags are a purely Australian thing... If I didn't eat a sausage after voting I don't know what I'd do with myself. Our democracy might as well collapse
Sweet baby Jesus...
My girlfriend (who is not an Australian citizen and has never had to vote here) thought exactly the same thing. She was asking me if I could get free lemon slices again after I voted today.
In my defence, I've read lots about Australian democracy sausage and how every polling station has one so I just thought it was a part of the volunteering process of Australian democracy.
Also, this is the first time I'm reading about prices for it, so I thought I'd have heard about it being paid before. I also thought it was a cheap sausage.