Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Well, why didn’t they? There is a provision in the existing legislation for if you have emptied out your pockets as you run in to vote and you do not have any identification upon you. Let’s talk about young people in that category for a minute. They know they cannot get into a licensed establishment, a nightclub, without presenting some identification that proves they are of age to enter those premises, but all of a sudden they go off to vote and their pockets are empty. But okay, let’s say there is a genuine case to prove that point. The present legislation, which this government wants to roll, gives them another five days. So if they were, as described by the member for Maribyrnong, dedicated voters demanding to exert their right, why didn’t they come back?

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