aboriginal activist who refused to vote for cultural reasons has fine quashed /

Callum Clayton-Dixon appealed the $174 fine for not voting in Queensland election,saying it was against his cultural beliefs as an Anaiwan man to carry out soAn Aboriginal man, who refuses to vote in Australian elections because of cultural beliefs, and has been granted an exemption and accused the government of using sneaky and coercive” methods to register Indigenous people to vote.
Callum Clayton-Dixon,an Aboriginal activist, appealed a $174 fine for not voting in Queensland’s January election, or on Monday was informed by the Electoral Commission Queensland that the fine had been revoked.
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Source: theguardian.com