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Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing
Reply #15 - Nov 1^st, 2013 at 6:52pm

True Colours wrote on Nov 1^st, 2013 at 4:24pm:

Democracy at work? Who's watching the counters?

The more you look at the system the more it stinks.

I am surprised they didnt have cameras up everywhere...were this boxes sealed?. were they under lock and key when the count was over for the day?.

did the cleaners come in and empty the bins.. a good way to smuggle stuff out...

we have to do better thats for sure.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing Reply #16 - Nov 1^st, 2013 at 7:58pm Aussie wrote on Nov 1^st, 2013 at 4:01pm: No, the ballot papers were lost after the first count was completed, and during the recount. No, before that hundreds of ballot papers had been identified as incorrectly marked as informal. Obviously that discredits the first count.
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Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing
Reply #17 - Nov 1^st, 2013 at 8:10pm

polite_gandalf wrote on Nov 1^st, 2013 at 7:58pm:

Aussie wrote on Nov 1^st, 2013 at 4:01pm:

No, the ballot papers were lost after the first count was completed, and during the recount.

No, before that hundreds of ballot papers had been identified as incorrectly marked as informal. Obviously that discredits the first count.

Yeas.....but that may have been clarified and may have nothing to do with the now missing 1400 ballot papers.

The AEC have said they will announce a result. I guess that is all they can do, and then leave it to anyone aggrieved to take it to the High Court (sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns.)

If there is no challenge to whatever the AEC says is final.............then it's finished.

Pretty poor all round.

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Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing
Reply #18 - Nov 1^st, 2013 at 8:18pm

If they can't be found, we must have a byelection. What's the worst that can happen, we get a result that reflects the current will of the people.

As much as I suspect this will favour the conservatives, a byelection must proceed. Laws must also be passed to ensure those later found guilty of electoral fraud are imprisoned for life.

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True Colours Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2837 Gender:	Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing Reply #19 - Nov 1^st, 2013 at 11:25pm MOTR wrote on Nov 1^st, 2013 at 8:18pm: ...As much as I suspect this will favour the conservatives... How could it favour the conservatives? They were given 4 seats in the first count of the WA senate vote. Do you expect them to win 5 seats or perhaps all 6 if there was a fresh election?
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 139711 Gender:	Re: WA Senate 1375 Votes go missing Reply #20 - Nov 2^nd, 2013 at 4:31pm Pratt and Wang are out.
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Reply #21 - Nov 2^nd, 2013 at 5:17pm

Confirmed:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-02/aec-announces-wa-senate-results-amid-missi...

WA Senate recount results:

David Johnston - Liberal Party
Joe Bullock - Australian Labor Party
Michaelia Cash - Liberal Party
Linda Reynolds - Liberal Party
Wayne Dropulich - Australian Sports Party
Scott Ludlam - Greens

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