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Call to Indigenous Australians to enrol to vote

Video and podcast   Calls on Indigenous Aussies to enrol to vote The Australian Electoral Commission says more than half of Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote are not on the electoral roll. (Transcript from World News Australia Radio)The Australian Electoral Commission says more than half of Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote are not on the electoral roll.

The Commission says, as the federal election approaches, it’s working towards increasing Indigenous participation.
It says this is particularly important as Australia considers changes to the Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Bob Eckhardt, Director of the AEC’s Indigenous Electoral Participation Program, says Indigenous Australians are significantly under-represented in the voting process. He says Indigenous Australians are much less likely to enrol to vote than other Australians.

And he says many of those who are enrolled either do not vote, or vote incorrectly…….. The Electoral Commission says people have until August the 12th to enrol to vote.    The Electoral Commission can be contacted at www.aec.gov.au.

August 8, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News