The Electoral Commission has taken the unusual step of publicly rejecting Peter Dutton’s complaint about referendum ballot papers.
The Australian Electoral Commission has rebuked Peter Dutton for making a “factually incorrect” complaint after the federal opposition leader complained that a tick on a Voice referendum ballot paper counting as a vote but a cross not counting would advantage the Yes camp.
Despite this, Dutton said that the AEC’s ruling gave the Yes campaign a clear advantage and called for the ruling to be re-thought or overturned, even suggesting that he would support legislation to make the change. “There has been intense commentary online and in mainstream media regarding what will and will not be a formal vote for the 2023 referendum; specifically around whether or not a ‘tick’ or a ‘cross’ will be able to be counted,” the commission said.
The AEC noted in the 1999 referendum, just 0.86 per cent of votes cast were informal and of those informal votes, only a few related to people using either a tick or a cross rather than writing Yes or No on their ballot paper.
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