Cathy Adams
For the Australian Marriage Law postal survey, Northeast votes have started coming in the box of people's letters, and even before reaching here, people were trying to make money immediately from them online.
A self-sufficient SidneySide tried to sell his vote on eBay with an initial price of $ 1500. Item, Buy My Vote, Item Details was: "What is the price for this claimant for you".
"The reason for selling my vote is that I do not care, but thought that people do it," the eBay seller said.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which is conducting a survey, issued a statement which states that it considers to present a survey which has been a criminal offense or has been purchased.
"Crime against the Census and Statistics Act 1905 has been penalized for a maximum of $ 2,100. There is a maximum of 12 months imprisonment for the crime of criminal code."
ABS has contacted many online marketplace including eBay, Facebook, Amazon, Alibaba and Gumtree.
The spokesman said, "Survey responses will not comply with their policies for confirmation or sale of surveys for the date of eBay and Facebook, and they will block any such list and remove it."
Deputy Statistician for ABS Jonathan Palmer told a Senate investigation on Friday that ABS is not a policy of dealing with such acts and they asked some cases to be sent to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
It is not clear whether selling a vote in the postal survey is a criminal offense.