Magistrate dismissed charges brought against the Defendant for failing to vote at the 2016 federal election on the basis that a devout (but non-religious) objection to voting was permitted by s 245(14) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)
Whether the religious exemption from voting in s 245(14) extends the meaning of “valid and sufficient” reason in s 245(15B) to include a devout (but non-religious) objection to voting
Case Details
Citation[2018] NSWSC 1516
CourtNSWSC
JurisdictionNew South Wales
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