The Coalition’s Indigenous affairs spokesperson said the government was being “tricky” by announcing the referendum date without issuing the writs shortly afterwards.
Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has accused the government of limiting the timeframe for postal votes in the Voice referendum as the electoral commission seeks answers from the opposition about its own vote-by-mail tactics.but is yet to ask the governor-general to issue the writ that triggers formal election procedures such as the Australian Electoral Commission’s acceptance of applications for postal ballots.
“[The] deliberate delay in issuing the writ has confused voters who may have sought postal votes immediately after they heard the date declared,” she said. “Having clear visibility of the referendum timetable is important to ensure the campaign process is fair for both sides.”, about Australia becoming a republic, the No vote was 11 per cent stronger in postal voting than it was on referendum day. At the 2022 federal election, backing for the conservatives was 3 per cent higher in postal voting than on polling day.
Similar websites are used by the Coalition and Labor at federal elections, and the AEC emphasised on Wednesday the practice was “legal and occurs every election/referendum”.
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