The "democracy sausage" is a colloquial name given to the Australian tradition of holding a fundraising sausage sizzle at polling places on election day. Australians always vote on a Saturday, and voting is compulsory, so there is always a big voter turnout. Many of the polling places are located at schools, community halls and churches, so the groups whose facilities are used for polling booths often take advantage of the large amount of people coming to their location, and set up stalls to raise funds for their groups. For many community groups this is the biggest fundraising event of the year.