House debates Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010
Second Reading
Wilson Tuckey O'Connor, Liberal Party
12:18 pm
McEwen. In the electorate of McEwen the incumbency of the sitting member was eventually decided in the High Court, and one of the reasons that her votes were considered more valid than her opponent’s was that 200 people or thereabouts who had entered a polling booth and claimed a provisional vote were unable to present identification on the spot. But, what is more, they did not bother to take that five-day opportunity to identify themselves—and these are the people the member for Maribyrnong tells us are so anxious to participate in the political process.
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