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political reporter Dana Morse

Thousands of Australians will not be able to vote in Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

If amendments are voted down in the Senate, a significant number of Australians will be prevented from voting in the upcoming referendum.  (ABC News: Che Chorley)

Thousands of people — including a significant number of First Nations Australians — will be prevented from voting on the referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament if amendments to the referendum machinery bill are voted down in the Senate.

The Greens have put forward an amendment to the referendum machinery act to allow incarcerated people to be eligible to vote in the upcoming referendum.

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