INDEPENDENT Senator Nick Xenophon says GetUp's $40,000 gold giveaway to encourage people to enrol for the election is a stunt but one which highlights a genuine issue.
Senator Xenophon said it was the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) should be encouraging people to enrol not an activist group.
"Good on GetUp for highlighting a flaw in the system. As much of a stunt as it is, it's a stunt that makes the point that the system isn't working," he told AAP.
Launching their scheme on Saturday, GetUp! National Director Sam McLean said 1.4 million people eligible to vote weren't on the electoral role and 493,000 were under 24.
Those who enrol and register with GetUp! will go into a draw, with one winner from each state and territory receiving $5,000 worth of gold.
The gold will be delivered the Sunday after the election, which has yet to be called by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Senator Xenophon said the AEC should be encouraging people to enrol and if they lacked the resources for the task, they should ask.
He said it was debasing Australia's democratic system that so many weren't able to vote.
"If the government can find $40-$50 million to spruik the NBN, surely it can find the resources to get people to enrol to vote," he said.
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