Plymouth Brethren church members told to deny beliefs on voting, in campaign backing Liberals and Nationals
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Members of a secretive Christian sect are being given instructions on how to lie about their beliefs against voting in elections, through messages the ABC understands have been circulated among the sect’s followers.
There have been reports of unusually large numbers of volunteers supporting the Coalition at pre-poll booths in select seats across the country — it’s understood many are members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC).
Both the Coalition and the Brethren have denied any arrangement of support, and the church also denies sending the messages to its members.
It’s understood church members have been travelling around the country to key marginal seats to support Liberal and National party candidates.
Footage filmed on Monday, verified by the ABC, shows a Brethren church member campaigning in the Curtin electorate, in WA.
The seat of Curtin is held by teal independent Kate Chaney with a slim margin of 1.3 per cent, but had been a Liberal stronghold prior to the last federal election.
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