Business leaders and marginal-seat voters call on Kevin13 to go to the polls BUSINESS leaders and Victorian voters in the nation's most marginal seat have pleaded for Kevin Rudd to call an election now. Mr Rudd was keeping the nation guessing about when he would hold the election. He indicated Julia Gillard's nominated date of September 14 was unlikely because it clashed with Yom Kippur. If it is held earlier that would also mean the controversial local government referendum will be shelved. 2Mid to late August were last night seen as the most likely poll dates. Mr Rudd suggested he would return to the practice of John Howard and others by keeping the date his strategic secret until he was ready but said "it's not going to be a huge variation one way or the other." Opposition leader Tony Abbott said: "We should have an election as soon as possible because it's really the people's job to choose the Government and the Prime Minister." Voters in Corangamite, Australia's most marginal seat, also demanded an election. 2Business groups warned that patience with the Government's "anti-business policies" was close to breaking point and a poll was needed to get shoppers spending again. There also was anger in corporate Australia that one of the first pieces of legislation passed under the new PM was a crackdown on 457 visa rules for foreign workers Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott said Mr Rudd had "missed a vital opportunity" to restore business confidence. Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Mark Stone said it was time to clear the air and have an election. "The change in leadership and resignation of a third of the Cabinet will not produce the stability business needs, nor will it reverse the anti-business policies this Parliament has delivered," he said. Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox said: "The quicker an election date is decided the better it is for the country." Mr Rudd was sworn in as PM by Governor-General Quentin Bryce at Government House with wife Therese Rein, his children and granddaughter, 1. Anthony Albanese became Deputy PM and Chris Bowen Treasurer. Defence Minister Stephen Smith announced he would end his 20-year political career at the election but stay in the ministry until then. On her last day in Parliament, Ms Gillard came close to tears as independent Rob Oakeshott said he sent her a message that her late father "would be proud of her."