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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Legalise Cannabis Victoria says rival marijuana party ‘designed to confuse voters’

A cannabis plant
Legalise Cannabis Victoria argues the Legalise Marijuana Party is an ‘egregious case of passing off designed to confuse voters to siphon votes away’. Photograph: Andreas Hauslbetz/Alamy

An existing political party in Victoria that wants to legalise cannabis has asked the state electoral commission to reject the registration application of the rival Legalise Marijuana Party arguing it is “designed to confuse voters to siphon votes”.

Legalise Cannabis Victoria’s secretary, Craig Ellis, has written to the Victorian electoral commissioner, Warwick Gately, questioning the legitimacy of the Legalise Marijuana Party which last month applied to register as a political party ahead of November’s state poll.

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