Some electoral tweaking

Late last year the and Electoral Select Committee reported back the Electoral Amendment Bill, which was implementing recommendations from the inquiry.

There's a few changes made by the select committee. They are:

  • Removing the proposed ban on displaying streamers, ribbons and rosettes on election day
  • Allowing the High Court to order a recalculation of the allocation of list if there is a successful electorate electoral petition
  • Requiring voters to verbally confirm their identity when being issued voting papers, so one can't just use an Easy Vote card to get issued voting papers

All seem very sensible.

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