⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻M to Australian PoliticsEnglish · 1 year ago'Just stinks': Dutton to complain to AEC about tick and cross Voice referendum votingwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-link'Just stinks': Dutton to complain to AEC about tick and cross Voice referendum votingwww.abc.net.au⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻M to Australian PoliticsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareWhirlybirdMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoIf the instructions say to write yes or no and you put a tick or a cross, you’re too dumb for your vote to count.
minus-square⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻OPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoExactly, the AEC even posted a guide on how to vote!
minus-squareParadoxvoidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoTo be honest, I can see where the no campaign is coming from though - seems unfair for ticks to count as a valid vote but crosses to not count. Remove them both IMO, but that ship has sailed for this particular referendum.
minus-squareWhirlybirdMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 year agoYep if you count a tick as yes you need to count a cross as no. Super dodgy from the Yes side to try and get both as a yes.
minus-squareephemeral_gibbonlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s just a long-standing way in which the AEC interprets the. It’s nothing special to this referendum
If the instructions say to write yes or no and you put a tick or a cross, you’re too dumb for your vote to count.
Exactly, the AEC even posted a guide on how to vote!
To be honest, I can see where the no campaign is coming from though - seems unfair for ticks to count as a valid vote but crosses to not count.
Remove them both IMO, but that ship has sailed for this particular referendum.
Yep if you count a tick as yes you need to count a cross as no. Super dodgy from the Yes side to try and get both as a yes.
It’s just a long-standing way in which the AEC interprets the. It’s nothing special to this referendum