What happened is that apathetic voters simply put 1 into the first box on the page and dumped the paper into the Ballot box. They really didn't care who was in the box, they just voted to avoid being fined (yes, in Australia if you dont vote you get a fine). I'm just glad one of the obviously racist parties (One Nation, Stable Population) wasn't in pole position.
You don't have to vote to avoid a fine, you only have to attend a polling place and get your name crossed off. There's no requirement for you to actually cast a ballot.
"Williams notes that from the Government Accountability Office found that only 20 percent of patent litigation was brought by so-called trolls."
That frankly surprises me, I would've thought it was higher.
As a geek, you only watch Star Trek:Enterprise to complain about:
1. How Scott Bakula killed the franchise (untrue, so people really think Trek will stay dead?).
2. How under-rated it was (wrong, it was rated exactly where it should be, just your opinion is different).
3. How tired Star Trek is now (possibly true)
Make sure your code does nothing gracefully.