The Australian Electoral Commission says it has voting turnout concerns ahead of the Cook by-election.
Australia's electoral watchdog says it's worried about low voter turnout in the by-election for former prime minister Scott Morrison's Sydney seat of Cook. Almost 112,000 people are eligible to vote in the Cook by-election, and Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers said the concern stems from lower-than-expected early voting numbers.
That's down when compared to the 21,443 early votes cast at the same stage in the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum, and the 20,769 ahead of polling day for the 2022 federal election. "While it may be that more people vote on by-election day this time around, typically if someone casts their vote early in one election, they’ll do so in the next one," Rogers said.
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