Aussie voted 15 times in election

Casting votes...Prime Minister Tony Abbott addresses the National Press Club in Canberra during the 2013 federal election campaign. Photo By Gary Ramage Source: News Limited

POLICE will be called in to investigate 128 cases where Australians voted more than once at the 2013 federal election, with one person suspected of voting 15 times.

At the high end, the Australian Electoral Commission claims there are numerous voters who voted up to seven times, with one person alleged to have voted nine times, another 12 times and one 15 times.

"We sent inquiry letters to 18,770 electors who had multiple marks recorded beside their names," AEC acting head Tom Rogers told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday.

Replies are still being processed but more than 8200 have been ruled out as "official error".

Another 1979 people have admitted voting more than once.

Multiple choice...Voters at Revesby Public School Polling booth in 2013 Federal Election. Source: News Limited

"The greater majority of those, over 81 per cent, being elderly, with poor literacy, or with a poor comprehension of the electoral process," Mr Rogers said.

In some instances, voters received postal votes and were also provided with ballot papers from mobile AEC officers visiting aged care facilities, he added.

"There are 128 electors who have more than two marks recorded beside their names," Mr Rogers said.

He could provide no reason for the multiple votes, but said the AEC has notified the Australian Federal Police and Department on Public Prosecutions and plans to refer a large number of cases.

Election...A voter makes his way to the Ascot Vale Primary School polling station in the electorate of Melbourne on election day on September 7, 2013 in Melbourne. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images

"We take it very seriously," Mr Rogers said.

Liberal senator Dean Smith said such a high number of repeated votes could not be put down to "electoral literacy".

"That seems to me a very blatant abuse of the process," he said.

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