Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] Minister, in clause 57 of the bill in subsection 200DI(1) it states that:

(1)   A voting officer must put to each person attending before the voting officer, and claiming to vote in an election or elections (as the case requires), questions in order to ascertain:

  (a)   the person’s full name; and

  (b)   the person’s place of living; and

  (c)   whether the person has voted before in the election or elections …

Minister, why is a person not to be asked to show identification prior to voting?