8,0000 people did multiple votes last election

What gives here? In 2010 there were only 19 multiple voters. In Sept 2013 there was 8,000. WTF? In any case, those who did so are going to find themselves in a spot of bother. I wonder if there's any statistics available as to who those 8,000 people were voting for? I smell a rat.......

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will ask federal police to investigate about 8,000 cases of multiple voting from last year's federal election.

The commission has told Senate Estimates it is part of a tough new approach - in comparison, just 19 multiple votes from the 2010 federal election were referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

Senate Estimates has heard 2,000 people have admitted voting more than once, citing reasons including being drunk, confused or "trying out the system".

A further 6,000 people have not adequately explained why they voted multiple times.

Acting Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers says the AEC will refer all those cases to the AFP, which may then hand matters on to the Director of Public Prosecutions. more