The Yes23 campaign has been asked to keep signs for the Yes vote coloured in purple and white away from Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) signage over fears they could “potentially mislead voters”.
Poor form on their part IMO, just as it was when the Liberals pulled a similar stunt with signage a few years back.
Apparently the same guy that did the purple Liberal signs, Simon Frost, is the Yes23 campaign director. Explains why things are such a shambles; when was the last time anyone from the Coalition ran a positive campaign?
I wonder if he’ll keep trying that
Did the Liberals ever get any sort of punishment for that?
IIRC they got told it could have been misleading and they shouldn’t have done it - but only after the election was over. I don’t remember anything of substance actually happening after that.
I didn’t realise polling is open in some places.
Yep, early voting opened yesterday for some areas.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Yes23 campaign has been asked to keep signs for the Yes vote coloured in purple and white away from Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) signage over fears they could “potentially mislead voters”.
The similarity in colour scheme between Yes23’s signs and AEC signs reading “voting centre” was noticed at one polling station on Monday.
This led to the AEC requesting the Yes23 campaign keep their purple and white signs away from “voting centre” signage, over fears some voters could conflate the two.
“The combination of using purple and white colours in proximity to AEC signage could mislead a voter about the source of the signage, and by extension, the source of the message on the signage,” the AEC wrote in a statement.
Early voting in the Voice referendum began on Monday in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
The ACT, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia had early voting begin on Tuesday.
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They didn’t need to do this. The offical AEC signs “treat people with respect” signs are basically “Yes” signs anyway.
