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‘Yes’ and ‘No’ cases to be published by AEC

Jul 16, 2023

Confirmation: Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers says the authorised Yes and No cases for the 2023 Voice Referendum will be published on the AEC website on Tuesday.

The Australian Electoral Commission says the authorised “Yes” and “No” cases for the 2023 Voice referendum will be published on the AEC website on Tuesday.

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Electoral commissioner Tom Rogers said each case would be published in separate, unedited and unformatted documents, exactly as they were received by the deadline.

“The deadline for case committees to submit each case is 11.59pm on Monday, July 17,” he said.

“Whatever we have received will be published the very next day, in order to provide visibility to voters.

“Our role here is as a post-box only and this impending raw publication of each authorised case is the first aspect of our independent delivery role.”

Mr Rogers said the next stage for the AEC was to produce an information pamphlet.

“We’ll then get to work to complete the Yes/No case pamphlet for printing and create a range of translated and accessible versions,” he said.

“These will also be on the AEC website as they become available.

“They’re not our words. Producing alternative versions of each case is a particularly methodical, careful body of work, especially noting that some English terms do not have direct translations.”

A link to the authorised Yes and No cases will also be provided via AEC social media channels on Tuesday.