[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Electronic votiing

[Richard Chirgwin]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 11:40 AM 17/11/2006, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>>> their voting? CALD is really a challenge here. I heard the other day 
>>> that there are over 150 different languages spoken at home in 
>>> Dandenong!
>>
>> why go to Africa...how many ballot papers are printed in any of the 
>> Australian Aboriginal languages...
>
> Good point. But not many indigenous languages are written, are they? 
> Isn't that the point of the audio collection projects that have been 
> undertaken to save them?
>
> Can anyone say, perhaps the scrutineers in the group, if there are any 
> accommodations for non-readers of any language, even English?
Jan - I don't know about scrutineering, but there have been at least 
trials of Aboriginal language ballots. I can't see any evidence on the 
AEC's website that these have continued.

RC
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