Fake Green How to Vote Cards in Bennelong #electionWIRE

John Alexander has won back the seat of Bennelong from high profile Labor member Maxine McKew, but what dirty tricks were part of his campaign?

At a polling booth in Epping, #ElectionWIRE reporters Austin Mackell and Emma James found someone from the Liberal Party dressed in green and handing out what looked like Greens Party pamphlets which indicated they should preference the Coalition.

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[murrangurk]

Look at how ashamed they are. They cannot give a straight answer, and can barely look the guy in the eye. This is exactly the dishonesty they are trained for. They a scum. This is the ONLY way they can get votes. These people KNOW they are doing the wrong thing. They KNOW they are perverting the democracy of Australia. They KNOW it is immoral, yet they do it anyway. They have no conscience. They have NO PLACE in Australian Govt. Labs and Greens may or may not be good. But LIBS ARE Evil

[Leftyslayer7]

@AustinGerassimos Firstly I would not be tricked into voting the wrong way as I have the capacity to think for myself when voting. Secondly, as long as the material is authorised by the party distributing it, whether it's the Liberal Party or the ALP, it is perfectly legal and both sides will continue to do it until the law is changed so it's no point getting so self righteous and running around harrassing people and shoving cameras in their faces over it.

[verziehen]

I didn't quite understand what was misleading about what he was doing to the Greens. Was it that he was getting conservation issues in the way of being gay? For the ALP, perhaps he was Shorten, sorry I mean short on dirty tricks.

[AustinGerassimos]

@OmegaRage you people are so lame.

[richspur2004]

Anyone from the Liberal Party who mentions or tries to make political capital out of the SA ALP and the fake Family First how to vote cards in March 2010 (and they've done it a lot since the last state election) should be directed to this video.

[Leftyslayer7]

@AustinGerassimos The best way to get rid of this behaviour would be to abolish preferential voting altogether, or at least make it optional to number every box, and follow the rest of the world in adopting first past the post voting. That will eliminate all the wheeling and dealing which goes on behind the scenes between the parties attempting to gain each others preferences. However, I am not completely one eyed. There have been times that I have disapproved of Liberal Party tactics.

[AustinGerassimos]

@Leftyslayer7 Fuken Yawn.

You you stand by this kind of behaviour then? if you were tricked into votin the wrong way you wouldn't be upset about it?

[Leftyslayer7]

@AustinGerassimos. Furthermore, If I don't strike you as reasonable, then I gather that the same goes for those on here who have posted by vulgar and, at times, threatening rants, against Liberals on here? Unless you can respond to this post in a reasonable and level headed manner, without resorting to name calling and abuse, please do not bother responding at all, you will merely prove my point about the type of individual that you seem to be.

[Leftyslayer7]

@AustinGerassimos Whatever, you just seem like a completely rude, disrespectful and intolerant individual. Sure I may be a "cheerleader" as you put it, however I still have the right to put forward my opinions on what I consider to be a self serving, attention seeking beat up without having to cop abuse from the likes of you.

[AustinGerassimos]

@Leftyslayer7 I use reason with people who strike me as reasonable. You don't.

" the ALP have pulled similar stunts" - if I had got them on camera I would post that too. I hope if they do it again they get caught.

"sulking about their glamour girl being given the boot." - have nothing but contempt in my heart for the Labor party, McKew included. I covered this because deception is undemocratic. I did it on principle - something you wouldn't understand, coz your a F*cking Cheerleader.