An application to stop the Australian Electoral Commission from prosecuting people urging voters to vote informal is to go before the High Court on Monday.
The application is being made by Albert Langer, of Melbourne. Mr Langer has distributed a leaflet urging people to vote informal by writing “”a plague on all their houses” on the ballot paper.
The commission has drawn Mr Langer’s attention to Section 329A of the Electoral Act, which was passed late last year. It prohibits people from distributing matter encouraging people to vote informally and provides a penalty of six month’s jail.
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