GetUp! and go, you idiots.

Why are GetUp and Go worried about new electoral laws that require a voter to provide proof of identity when enrolling? Are they supporting fraud or just against it because it’s a Howard government initiative?

A poll commissioned by the political movement GetUp! shows that only 3 per cent of voters agree with the new laws that make it more difficult to enrol to vote.

That has to be an out and out lie or only GetUp! supporters were polled. GetUp executive director Brett Solomon said there was overwhelming opposition to the new laws in the poll of 612 voters last week by Roy Morgan Research.

“Ninety-five per cent of the population are not aware that the Government has passed legislation that only 3 per cent of the population are in support of,” Mr Solomon said.

I think what he means to say there is that only 3% of Getup readers support the proposal which sounds about right, although, might I add, that those three percent might look at what the hell they are doing wasting their energies and ethical standing by being associated with GetUp. Personaly, I don’t think the laws go far enough. Voters should be required to take proof of identity with them to the booths to stop even the thought of fraud.

People wishing to enrol to vote will now have to complete a new voter enrolment form which has a complicated series of “proof of identity” tests. Anyone who doesn’t have a driver’s licence or a passport will have to get a “prescribed person” to authenticate their identity.

Can’t see the problem yet. The federal member for Melbourne Ports, Labor’s Michael Danby raises more non-issues.

“They will mainly be 17- and 18-year-old first-time enrollers, and also people who have recently become citizens. “Many of these people do not have a driver’s licence or passport. In my electorate, the change will also affect the 53 per cent of residents who live in flats or apartments and who frequently change addresses.”

It’s simply a part of becoming and adult or citizen. If these people can’t iID themselves then they can’t have a bank account as the same requirement exists to open one. Where do they have their dole payments deposited? How do they claim on Medicare? Absolute rubbish…….I wish they would get up and go.