international
'Infuriating': Aboriginal voters turned away, told to line-up again on SA election day
Key takeaways
- Nicole Clinch says she was looking forward to voting in the Voice election, but faced difficulties at the Kilburn pre-poll centre.
- First Nations voters say they were forced to line-up twice — or even turned away — when trying to vote in this year's Voice to Parliament election.
- Documents obtained by the ABC show the Electoral Commission was aware more than a year before polling day that double queuing would be perceived as "discriminatory behaviour".
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Nicole Clinch says she was looking forward to voting in the Voice election, but faced difficulties at the Kilburn pre-poll centre. (ABC News: : Lincoln Rothall)
First Nations voters say they were forced to line-up twice — or even turned away — when trying to vote in this year's Voice to Parliament election.
Documents obtained by the ABC show the Electoral Commission was aware more than a year before polling day that double queuing would be perceived as "discriminatory behaviour".
Article preview — originally published by ABC Australia. Full story at the source.
Read full story on ABC Australia →
More top stories
Also covered by
Aggregated and edited by the Scoop newsroom. We surface news from ABC Australia alongside other reporting so you can compare coverage in one place.
Editorial policy · Corrections · About Scoop