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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Questions on Notice

Australian Electoral Commission (Question No. 1202)

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The Special Minister of State has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(1) 29,920.

(2) Cases per electorate - refer Attachment A. After eliminating official errors, including lists not being marked or scanned correctly, 16,210 electors remained to be investigated. 21 electors were subsequently found to be deceased.

(3) Enquiry letters were sent to 16,189 electors, seeking information as to why they had been marked as having voted more than once. For number per electorate – refer Attachment B.

13,775 cases required no further action:

          2,414 cases were further investigated:

              19 cases were referred to the AFP for further investigation. In three cases the AFP’s initial review indicated no further action. The AFP conducted a Day of Action on 12 May 2011 to obtain further information from the remaining 16 apparent multiple voters. The AFP reported that:

                    (4) Summary of results – refer Attachment C

                    ATTACHMENT A

                    ATTACHMENT B

                    ATTACHMENT C

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