Daryl Melham (Banks, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I do not know what the problem is for the government in terms of the Electoral Act and their paranoia, because it has actually served them well. We have the best electoral system in the world. I am a great supporter of compulsory voting, and I have no problem with a government being booted out of office if the voters do not want them. But I do have a problem with Florida type provisions, like the hanging chad, being introduced into legislation—provisions which might not have an intention of disenfranchising voters but which, in the end, do disenfranchise voters. I had a strong view about the earlier bill in relation to the closure of the rolls.

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