I see that there is some discussion on a more secure identification
when voting at a polling centre.
It is not a realy urgent matter as only a small number of double
voting has been detected.
However the idea has been attacked for strange reasons such as it will
disenfranchise poor, indigenous, aged etc etc people.
That is a load of nonsense and makes one wonder if self interest is present.
The way to do it is quite simple.
Every voting centre official would have a laptop with the areas
roll loaded onto it.
A voter fronts up and gives name and address as they do now.
The official enters that and if their name is on the roll it is marked
as having voted and that data is sent to the Electoral Commissions
computer and marked off.
The voting centre official gives a voting paper to the voter and they go and vote.

If someone goes into another voting centre and uses the same name & address
the Electoral Commissions computer invalidates the voting and the
official then asks for identification. If ID is refused a police
officer is notified and takes it from there.

If the ID provided is genuine the voter can be given a paper vote slip.
The whole thing could be tightened up by having a camera take photos
of each voter then photos of those cheating could be handed to police.

The fact that such facilities are known to be present would end the scam.
Such voting cheating had very much publicity in the US and maybe
enough encouragement for the the locals to have a go.

>That is a load of nonsense
That attitude is unacceptable. There are valid concerns about people being unable to prove their identity.
These concerns CAN be adequately addressed, but if you don't acknowledge the seriousness of the problem, you will not be able to solve it.

And somebody hacks the computer and we take it from there…

Hi Bazz,

Your suggestion is a good one and should be taken up.
As we're all aware - currently our names are
crossed off a printed list however this does not
prevent people from going to another area and once
again doing the same thing. There should be greater
security in place when it comes to voting.

It is totally ridiculous that we haven't always had to identify ourselves when we vote. At the last state election in SA, everyone on the electoral roll was sent a chit in the post to prove we were entitled to vote. Handing that to the person marking off names was much nicer than having to tell your name more than once to the drongos who were marking off names because they didn’t understand what you said, or were just handicapped by drongoism.

A step in the right direction but they could be pinched, so photo ID is the answer. Not drivers' licences, because I believe that there is a law, usually ignored, that only a police officer can ask to see your licence, and then only in the case of traffic offences.

If the usual shouty type Australians hadn't carried on like the idiots that they are, we would have had the Hawke Australia Card. The same idiots are probably the ones now calling for Covid "passports".

The only people "disenfranchised" would be people not entitled to vote, and their names wouldn't be on the electoral roll anyway. People who don't seem to know what words mean need to wake up to the fact that ID is needed to stop people who take the ALP slogan ' vote early and often' seriously.

It's very suspicious that the party once led by the proposer of the Australia Card is jacking up on the absolute necessity of ID for voters

This is a blatant attempt by the Morrison government to disenfranchise Aboriginal voters in remote communities, particularly in the seat of Lingiari in the NT. Smacks of racial restrictions on black voters as was the case in Alabama in the 1960's.

If Morrison was concerned about voter fraud he would have prosecuted the small number of identified double voters at the last election, not one person has been prosecuted. Why?

Is Morrison being taken over by Trumpsterphoba?