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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

In short:

Almost half of those who voted in the federal election in a small northern NSW town had their votes declared invalid.

Residents who voted at the Missabotti voting centre say AEC staff provided them incorrect how-to-vote information.

What's next?

The AEC is investigating the allegations of voting misinformation.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

What I find more disturbing is that this could have happened anywhere. Do people really not read the instructions on the ballot?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Do people really not read the instructions on the ballot?

I never have. I already know how to vote, from over a decade of voting, and even longer of discussing elections and having an amateur interest in psephology.

I don't listen to what the AEC workers say either.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I already know how to vote, from over a decade of voting, and even longer of discussing elections and having an amateur interest in psephology.

Haha, well, yes, same. But imagining I'm the average disengaged voter who hasn't planned their vote ahead of time and I'm arriving at the polling place not totally clear on what I'm doing? I think I'd probably read the instructions. Maybe I'm kidding myself though.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Haha, well, yes, same. But imagining I'm the average disengaged voter who hasn't planned their vote ahead of time

If you've put that much thought into our democracy, does your vote matter anyway ?

But I do think AEC staff giving wrong info is terrible.

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