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| Vote for Harambe: Australian election gives second life to Cincinnati zoo gorilla | Vote for Harambe: Australian election gives second life to Cincinnati zoo gorilla |
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| Could Australia’s next prime minister be Harambe, the gorilla that died? | Could Australia’s next prime minister be Harambe, the gorilla that died? |
| As is often the case with headlines posed as questions, the answer is: no. | As is often the case with headlines posed as questions, the answer is: no. |
| But the federal election – and overseas media – has got caught up in Australian Twitter users’ running joke about the gorilla that was shot dead at Cincinnati zoo in late May after a toddler fell into his enclosure. | |
| Related: Australian federal election 2016: Labor scents hung parliament – politics live | Related: Australian federal election 2016: Labor scents hung parliament – politics live |
| Harambe has found life after death online as a meme-ish punchline on social media – partly in response to the interminable online “takes” over whether or not his death was justified and partly because of the intrinsic callousness of the internet. | Harambe has found life after death online as a meme-ish punchline on social media – partly in response to the interminable online “takes” over whether or not his death was justified and partly because of the intrinsic callousness of the internet. |
| With the longest federal election campaign since the 1960s, it was inevitable that Harambe-Twitter and #auspol-Twitter would eventually overlap. | With the longest federal election campaign since the 1960s, it was inevitable that Harambe-Twitter and #auspol-Twitter would eventually overlap. |
| i am going to consider every major event of 2016 a part of harambe's revenge | i am going to consider every major event of 2016 a part of harambe's revenge |
| This whole election season is just a ploy to distract us from Harambe's death | This whole election season is just a ploy to distract us from Harambe's death |
| ⚪️ Liberal ⚪️ Labour⚫️ HARAMBE | ⚪️ Liberal ⚪️ Labour⚫️ HARAMBE |
| jobs, growth and justice for harambe (the gorilla who died) #ausvotes | jobs, growth and justice for harambe (the gorilla who died) #ausvotes |
| rip harambe, the gorilla who died #electionin6words | rip harambe, the gorilla who died #electionin6words |
| i did the vote compass thing but just answered "harambe" for every write in question | i did the vote compass thing but just answered "harambe" for every write in question |
| will vote for whoever comes out publicly saying they would not have shot harambe | will vote for whoever comes out publicly saying they would not have shot harambe |
| Is my senate vote still valid if I write in Harambe (the gorilla who died) as a candidate | Is my senate vote still valid if I write in Harambe (the gorilla who died) as a candidate |
| when you vote, keep harambe in mind | when you vote, keep harambe in mind |
| Honour Harambe: vote for the dead gorilla. #auspol | Honour Harambe: vote for the dead gorilla. #auspol |
| On Saturday, election day, some shared evidence of their following through, writing in Harambe’s name on their ballot papers in a bid to show just how far they would go for a gag. | On Saturday, election day, some shared evidence of their following through, writing in Harambe’s name on their ballot papers in a bid to show just how far they would go for a gag. |
| Bless him pic.twitter.com/mX8cq4Hyug | Bless him pic.twitter.com/mX8cq4Hyug |
| @MarkDiStef pic.twitter.com/F5U4iNxCVm | @MarkDiStef pic.twitter.com/F5U4iNxCVm |
| What is the swing to Harambe? And who was the gorilla who died preferencing? | What is the swing to Harambe? And who was the gorilla who died preferencing? |
| In response a journalist for the Independent in the United Kingdom, May Bulman, who had inquired to ask “why are you voting for Harambe” for a story, “@worstbloke” replied: “this election has no one with the courage, prowess & status Harambe has. He died for our sins & will return, I love him”. | |
| “Well i think we Aussies feel our government should have done more to save Harambe and now we’re voting for his corpse,” another user told Bulman. | |
| Her story on voters “opting against ... the official candidates ... by instead casting their ballot for killed gorilla Harambe” appeared in the Independent shortly afterwards, with Bulman apparently having been entirely taken in by the joke. | |
| “Following the country’s longest election campaign since 1984, a number of social media users suggested they were unwilling to choose either current prime minister Malcolm Turnbull or leader of the opposition Bill Shorten,” she wrote. | |
| This article should be good pic.twitter.com/K2CGOnyoeR | |
| While it is strictly true that Australians voted for the gorilla that died on the strength of the above images, it likely did not void their votes for actual, living candidates that matter. | While it is strictly true that Australians voted for the gorilla that died on the strength of the above images, it likely did not void their votes for actual, living candidates that matter. |
| If the ballot paper was otherwise completed correctly, they would not be counted as informal votes, as was clarified by several Twitter users who had proof from the Australian Electoral Commission. | If the ballot paper was otherwise completed correctly, they would not be counted as informal votes, as was clarified by several Twitter users who had proof from the Australian Electoral Commission. |
| @ahcayley We will still count the vote if it is numbered correctly | @ahcayley We will still count the vote if it is numbered correctly |
| not my best work but i didn't have much time pic.twitter.com/fpcGNCO3Dq | not my best work but i didn't have much time pic.twitter.com/fpcGNCO3Dq |
| What if I just want to draw a butterfly? Or does it have to be a dick? @AusElectoralCom pic.twitter.com/S87HS3PnpR | What if I just want to draw a butterfly? Or does it have to be a dick? @AusElectoralCom pic.twitter.com/S87HS3PnpR |
| @ahcayley I drew a little person waving and smiling and saying ‘thanks for counting’ but dicks are cool too I guess | @ahcayley I drew a little person waving and smiling and saying ‘thanks for counting’ but dicks are cool too I guess |
| Can I respectfully suggest to @AusElectoralCom that we get a separate national 'dick and balls' tally ... Would be an interesting number. | Can I respectfully suggest to @AusElectoralCom that we get a separate national 'dick and balls' tally ... Would be an interesting number. |
| If the ballot paper was otherwise completed accurately, a vote for Harambe – or any other gag – still counts. Just not for the gorilla that died, obviously. | If the ballot paper was otherwise completed accurately, a vote for Harambe – or any other gag – still counts. Just not for the gorilla that died, obviously. |
| Remember that on Saturday you cannot vote for Harambe. Firstly, he is not an Australian citizen. Secondly he is a gorilla. Also, he died. | Remember that on Saturday you cannot vote for Harambe. Firstly, he is not an Australian citizen. Secondly he is a gorilla. Also, he died. |
| Look, whatever boosts the youth turn-out. | Look, whatever boosts the youth turn-out. |