Election Myths and Misinformation Debunked

Election misinformation! I saw my fair share of it while making episodes about the 2025 federal election and oh boy, there are some classic repeat claims as well as some new and bizarre ones that are making the rounds. Here's a handy explainer of some of the false, misleading and outdated claims I saw and how they're wrong.The myths/episode chapters are:0:00 Intro2:04 Voting machines switched votes7:47 Pencils are used so votes can be erased10:53 Immigrants were "imported" to rig the election14:52 Preferential voting ensures major parties win21:03 Parties choose preferences25:56 OutroSide note: I point out in the immigration myth that to vote you need to be an Australian citizen. This is technically not strictly true, as British subjects enrolled to vote before 25th January 1984 who are still enrolled to vote also can/must vote. (https://www.aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm) That is a small group of people though. It also is not relevant to the myth about immigration that I was busting because the myth clearly is about new immigrants (who can't vote and thus can't have any impact on the election outcome) and has nothing to do with that quirk of history from over 40 years ago.Support the channel on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AuspolExplainedFollow me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/auspolexplained.bsky.social Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auspolexplained/

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