Jon Sullivan (Longman, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Double standards indeed. Nor did the dissenting report oppose recommendation 4, which eases the requirements for provision of proof of identity when you are re-enrolling if removed from the roll. It seems odd that it is okay for the AEC to reinstate enrolment by checking the details they already hold but it is not okay for them to include a vote in the count by checking the details they already hold. That is rather strange.

The tone of this part of the dissenting report is simply this: it is more important to be fastidious about enrolment than it is to have your vote count. I would say quite the opposite: the most important thing about voting is that the vote should count. A person who turns up on the day to cast a vote ought to be able to have that vote count.

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