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United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet and founder Clive Palmer have lost a court bid to count crosses on Voice referendum ballot papers as a “No” vote.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) maintains that on October 14, the word “Yes” or a tick will be counted as a “Yes” vote, but a cross, or “X” will not be counted as a “No” vote, because its meaning is ambiguous.

Mr Babet and Mr Palmer sought an urgent Federal Court ruling that any ballot papers with just an “X” alone in the voting space provided, would show that a voter does not approve of the proposed change to the constitution.

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