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Deliberately misleading 'Free Palestine' party name approved for Victorian election - ABC News & Headlines
The Victorian Electoral Commissioner has urged voters to do their research before casting their ballot, after a party with a deliberately misleading name was successfully registered ahead of the November election. This week a group wanting to register a political party called the "Free Palestine Party" was knocked back because a pro-Israel activist had already registered a party called "Free Palestine". Electoral Commissioner Sven Bluemmel said the risk of voters being duped by the registered party's name was not a matter for the VEC under state laws. "The law requires us to register a party once they meet all the criteria under the law and that was the case here," he said. "The criteria do not go to what the policy position of the party is, that's not for me to decide." He said he could only decide whether a party name was considered offensive, too long or resembled the name of an existing registered political party, which was the case for "Free Palestine Party". Student Palestinian activist Ibrahim Hadi, who was the applicant behind the rejected party, said he understood the VEC's decision but it was frustrating. "[The Free Palestine party's] trying to paint themselves as Palestinian and use...
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