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The Family First farce that shamed our democracy

15 May 06:05am

Filed under: Electoral Fraud, Electoral Laws, Family First, Labor Party, Sa Election, Stephen Fielding

Australia has one of the best democracies in the world and it’s something we should be immensely proud of. Our democratic system is one which encourages everyone to be involved in the political process, and thus shape the future of this great nation.

Detail from a Labor how to vote card distributed in the March 20 SA poll.

However, during this year’s South Australian election the Labor Party threw our whole system in jeopardy. Instead of contesting the election in a fair and open manner, instead of putting faith in their own policies to capture voter support, they chose to engage in a deceptive and misleading campaign by impersonating another party.

It was a disgraceful act and one which bought the whole integrity of our electoral system to its knees.

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Danny Lewis says:

07:04pm | 19/05/10

The Liberals needed to pick up 10 seats to form government. They didn’t come close. Labor used this tactic (which, incidentally, I don’t agree with) in SOME polling booths in SOME marginals seats. There weren’t enough FF votes in it to swing things anyway, which is part of the reason… Read more »
Charles Kelly says:

10:31pm | 18/05/10

ONCE AGAIN Christian Real, if the Liberal party hands out (along with its usual how to vote cards) material visually and verbally supporting “Australian LABOUR” (but actually containing instructions for voting Liberal) at the next election, that would be just fine with you? WELL??? Read more »

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