00:02Judged, unsafe and confused. That's how some First Nations South Australians felt voting
00:09in the voice to parliament election.
00:11It was the system that either made it very difficult for them to vote or not able to vote.
00:17Melissa Clarke was elected to represent the central voice region. She says dozens of voters
00:23have raised concerns with her about the conduct of electoral officers.
00:27They were being judged racially, particularly for our community members that are fair-skinned.
00:34They identified themselves as Aboriginal and said to the staff that they were voting in this voice election
00:40and they kind of questioned that. They said, are you sure this is for Aboriginal people?
00:44Ashim Owens also been elected to the central voice region.
00:47She says some voters left polling places unable to cast ballots.
00:52They weren't able to receive their state election ballot papers and their voice election ballot paper at the same time.
00:58They had to line up again. So some people were there for almost two hours waiting.
01:03Ms Owen and Ms Clarke have written to the Electoral Commission asking it to apologise and conduct a review.
01:09I'm hurt by the harm caused to mob by the inaccessibility for mob, the inability for exit to provide a
01:18safe place.
01:19We will consider whether we need an independent review of the election generally but particularly of the voice election
01:25because there have been a number of concerns that members of the Aboriginal community have raised with me.
01:29The SA Electoral Commission's told the ABC it's very concerned to hear about the claims.
01:34It says the experiences described by voters don't meet its expectations and it will look into the matters.
01:41The commission says it will also conduct a comprehensive review of the voice election.
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