Crackdown on Volunteers at Victorian Voting Centres

A member of the public votes at Mount Alexander College Polling Booth on election day in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 7, 2013. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images

Political volunteers campaigning out the front of some polling centres in Victoria will have their numbers limited after repeated bad behaviour.

The Victorian Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday it had made a ruling to ensure safe and secure voting, starting with the Watergardens Town Centre booth.