[LINK] GetUp! wins case for online voter registration

[Kim Holburn]

> "It is now upon the AEC to provide such a website themselves.
>



http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/13/2982347.htm

> GetUp! wins case for online voter registration

> Australians will now be able to enrol to vote online after the  
> Federal Court ruled in favour of political activist group GetUp!'s  
> case against the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
>
> GetUp! had taken the AEC to the court, challenging electoral laws  
> that prevented voters from enrolling online.
>
> It is the group's second court win in as many weeks.
>

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> "What [the ruling] means is that in future the AEC should provide a  
> safe and secure form on their own site for people to enrol to vote  
> online," Mr Sheikh said.
>
> "It is now upon the AEC to provide such a website themselves. It's  
> appropriate that they enrol people online, not just a third party.
>
> "The AEC had argued that they couldn't accept online enrolments [by  
> law], but we shouldn't be discriminating between enrolments - faxing  
> it or submitting it online should be the same."
>


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