Rushby Hinds wrote:NO I WONT DO IT But...
whats to stop me going to every booth in my electorate
"have u voted before today" "No"
"whats your name and address" Give them one of my mates (or a neigbour, doesn't matter) names and addresses.
At the end of the day my mate would be down as voting XX times
He could sign a stat dec to say that he had only signed once
They couldn't not count the votes as no one knows who the votes went to!
because all involved would be in jail for quite a long time. Sure you can go to each booth throughout the day, vote at each one and get quite a few votes.
problem a: if the election result is less than the number if irregular/duplicate votes as worked out once the roll is reconciled. The election would end up in the court of disputed returns. If they worked out who was doing it or atleast for which party (ie see b), which ever party they were supporting would be destroyed at the by-election.
problem b: all it takes is for one traveling polling official, party person (I myself have spent the last few elections driving between booths making sure everything is all a ok, and volunteers often move between booths during the day), media person following a candidate or whoever to notice the same group twice to raise the alert. Thats ignoring other possibilities that the federal police might use such as any cctv cameras anywhere, or even observing traffic spotting the same car from traffic cameras driving to each booth.
end result, best possible scenario is that it causes a bi-election, which will likely go the way that the rorters didn't want it to go.
most likely result, sharing a cell with Biff for a few years (and the elected representative drafts a law to move your bunk beds closer together..).
