Australian Electoral Commission employee sacked for wearing Kevin Rudd T-shirt at polling booth An Australian Electoral Commission official insists the media leave the Brisbane polling booth where the Prime Minister was about to vote AN Australian Electoral Commission employee has been sacked on the spot after arriving to work at a polling booth in Brisbane wearing a Kevin Rudd T-shirt. The man was scheduled to work at a polling station in the suburb of Paddington in Brisbane's inner-city. "Because of the strict political neutrality of the Australian Electoral Commission, we had to send him home," said an AEC spokeswoman. She did not know whether the slogan was pro or anti the Labor leader. The man was rostered to mark voters off the list as they arrived at a polling booth in the Senior Citizens Club in Brisbane's Paddington. He was one of 7000 people recruited for paid one-day positions. "They are all provided with training manuals and briefed beforehand," said the spokeswoman.