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Miklos Bolza and Jack Gramenz

Court to hear appeal over 'X' votes in voice referendum

The AEC has asked that a court decides on an appeal over crosses on ballot papers by October 11. (Esther Linder/AAP PHOTOS)

The Australian Electoral Commission could have days to change its how-to-vote material for the voice referendum as an appeal over how 'X' votes are counted comes before a court.

United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet and the party's chairman, mining magnate Clive Palmer, have gone to the Federal Court seeking to have ballot papers marked with a cross counted as a vote against the proposed alteration to the constitution.

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