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Politics
Callum Godde

Call for voting reform to end 'preference whispering'

A Victorian parliamentary committee has urged changes to ballot papers and other voting reforms. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Victorian political parties should no longer be allowed to redistribute preferences for above-the-line votes to end the shady practice of preference whispering, a parliamentary committee  says.

Following its inquiry into the 2022 Victorian election, the Labor-chaired electoral matters committee has made 98 recommendations including for group voting tickets to be scrapped.

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