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Article: Qld: Reforms brought in to stamp out electoral fraud
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- April 17, 2002
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Qld: Reforms brought in to stamp out electoral fraud
BRISBANE, April 17 AAP - New checks on political parties and jail
sentences for electoral
fraudsters have been introduced in Queensland to try to eliminate
electoral rorting in
the state.
The changes, brought in by a Labor Government embarrassed by revelations
of electoral
fraud within its own ranks, give the Queensland Electoral Commission
the power to audit
pre-election documents of political parties.
Candidates must also register how-to-vote cards seven days before
an election, to prevent
last-minute secret deals.
The reforms, introduced after the Shepherdson inquiry uncovered
widespread vote rigging ...