House debates Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Provisional Voting) Bill 2011

Second Reading

Wednesday, 23 March 2011 House of Representatives

Ed Husic

Ed Husic Chifley, Australian Labor Party

11:55 am

Well, you refer to video cards, and you are referring to an outmoded form of technology and the fact that there is a commercial imperative to establish the bona fides of people seeking membership. Whatever can be done to harness existing technology and modern processes to improve the ability of people to participate and to tackle the challenge of 2.5 million people who are not casting a vote needs to continue, and I would certainly urge the government to consider this in the years ahead.

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