WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...

Enjoying a sausage – or ‘sag’ as it is known in Aussie slang – after casting your vote has become a beloved Australian election day tradition.

A simple post-vote snack or a powerful totem of egalitarianism? Could the Aussie tradition of the humble election-day sausage sizzle heal a riven world?

The volunteers take a lunchtime break to cast their own votes, and, naturally, enjoy a democracy sausage. At the 2022 election, the website registered 2,200 of Australia’s 7,000 polling places ...

The volunteers take a lunchtime break to cast their own votes, and, naturally, enjoy a democracy sausage. At the 2022 election, the website registered 2,200 of Australia’s 7,000 polling places ...

It makes for a hectic election day. People get their "Democracy Sausage" at the Marrickville Public School in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 3, 2025, after voting in the general election.