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2023-10-03 14:10:18 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The AEC’s “Enrolment Fraud and Multiple Voting” document quotes the Referendum Act which states that a person is guilty of a criminal offence if they intentionally vote more than once in the same referendum. The penalty is 6 months imprisonment for each illegal vote. https://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/backgrounders/fraud-and-multiple-voting.htm

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• The AEC’s “Enrolment Fraud and Multiple Voting” document quotes the Referendum Act which states that a person is guilty of a criminal offence if they intentionally vote more than once in the same referendum. The penalty is 6 months imprisonment for each illegal vote. https://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/backgrounders/fraud-and-multiple-voting.htm