Just a few facts.... the question asked is "have you voted previously in this election?". It's a statutory requirement that it be asked and the actual wording is on a card given to every AEC poll worker.

Few people vote more than once and the officials have strategies to handle those that do.

As to noncitizens voting....rubbish. People can claim to be eligible to vote but they have to fill in paperwork to vote and their vote is sequestered until their eligibility is verified.

While I'm not as sure as mhaze seems to be, I do find it hard to work out how these reports/rumours of illegal voting could occur - to the serious problem level, at least. My problem with our system is not security, but compulsion to vote and the absurd preference nonsense.

After this election, I am now of the opinion that minor parties are a pain in the arse and useless. What is needed is one conservative party and one other for voters to choose from - not the imitations of each other that we have now.

If I'm still around for the next election and there is no conservative party to vote for capable of forming government instead of just yapping at edges like One Nation, I won't vote.

ttbn,
It did sound odd to me too when she said words to the effect of "You'd be surprised how many people try to vote more than once" !
However, I'm not dismissing the possibilities as lightly as those who are trying to play it down !
To bring in a million in just three yeas is fertile ground for conjecture & warrants investigation rather than dismissal !
It's not so much a case of some among that million could cast a vote, it's their relatives & friends already here & eligible to vote for the party that offered to bring in their friends & relatives ! Don't for one moment dismiss that very potentiality !
Why not check around from which countries the majority came from & how many formerly from those countries are working in Immigration & Visa Agencies. Brace yourself for a surprise.

Thanks mhaze,

I believe what you say, Australia has one of the fairest and most secure voting administrations in the world. The AEC does a second to none job when it comes to running all kinds of elections. America on the other hand leaves too much to State Governors to control voting, which is open to abuse.

ttbn, YOU are not forced to vote, simply required to have your name "crossed off" the electoral roll. If you so desire, you can put in a blank ballot paper. What erks you, is the fact the candidates you vote for, score half a percent of the popular vote, and are never heard of ever again, leaving you high and dry, example Corny Banana's ACP, and Fat Clive's TOP Party.

I did some checking. In 2022 there were 4407 cases of people being marked off more than once. That's 0.03% of all voters. Most were administrative errors with the wrong name crossed off by AEC staff. 19 actual cases of double voting were verified. 19 out of 15 million!!

If someone is proven or suspected of double voting they are given a special designation by the AEC which means that in subsequent elections they have to sign a form before voting which is proof of double voting and used to prosecute. This stops the real cheaters in their tracks.

What mhaze reports is reassuring. It's a pity that accusations of multiple voting are not taken up by the AEC and dealt with in a way that reassures everyone.

Professor David Flint has often made a meal of multiple voting and the need for requiring identification to be presented before one can vote. 'Corruption' is often mentioned.

Maybe he has been wrong; maybe he has been exaggerating. But, if someone is just saying 'silly old bugger' without actually publicly addressing the accusations, people will believe them. The poor quality of our political and public servant class makes a lot of people believe the worst of them.