Mike Baird’s Text To Voters On Election Eve Vexes Some, Leaves Most With FOMO

Happy State Election day, NSW mates! Enjoy exercising your democratic right to vote while holding a sausage sammy at your local Public School. What a day to be alive.

Much like last month’s election in Queensland which saw a string of Brisbane clubs text their patron contact list anti-labor propaganda on election day eve, NSW Premier and LNP frontrunner Mike Baird similarly curbed the media blackout—which pertains to radio and TV ads only, but not dumb lists illustrated with GIFs, evidently—by sending a text out to voters (it’s unsure at this point how these numbers were obtained and which voters were targeted, but here’s looking at you, Brandis). Comedian Tom Ballard received it, and it looked like this. 

Still waiting for my text from Mike Baird. Mike, if you can see this, get my number off George Brandis.

— Mark Humphries (@humphriesmark) March 27, 2015

I feel so left out that I haven’t received a text from Mike Baird. I mean, I’ve already voted & not for him, but still feeling left out.

— EurovisionSongClair (@Clairzilla) March 27, 2015

I must be in a safe labour seat I didn’t get a text from Mike Baird #NSWelection

— Bronwyn Hemsley (@BronwynHemsley) March 27, 2015

I was with a friend last night & she got text from Mike Baird. She lives in safe lib seat. I’m in safe ALP seat & didn’t get text #nswvotes

— Felicity Reynolds (@FlickReynolds) March 27, 2015

I refuse to vote for Mike Baird. He didn’t text me. #nswpol #nswvotes

— Dean Cool (@RealDeanCool) March 28, 2015

Raise your hand if you have been personally victimised by a lack of texts from the NSW premier. 

Via SMH.
Lead image by Daniel Munoz via Getty.