Yes23 campaign asked to keep purple and white signs away from AEC voting centre signage (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 11 months ago by Tau@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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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".

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[-] Tau@aussie.zone 15 points 11 months ago

Poor form on their part IMO, just as it was when the Liberals pulled a similar stunt with signage a few years back.

[-] tochee@aussie.zone 10 points 11 months ago

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?

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

I wonder if he'll keep trying that

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Did the Liberals ever get any sort of punishment for that?

[-] Tau@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

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.