Polls positive for WikiLeaks, as party registers The optimistic poll news comes as the WikiLeaks Party submits its party registration to the Australian Electoral Commission on Tuesday. The party has obtained well over the 500 members required to register as a political party, clocking up about 1300 members in the past month. New parties need to register with the AEC before May 13 if their name is to appear on the ballot papers for the election. National Council member Cassie Findlay told Fairfax Media that the party had received applications from a broad range of voters. "They came from people of all ages and all states and territories," Ms Findlay said. She said that there was a strong representation from the Baby Boomer age group and from Queensland, along with Sydney and Melbourne. Membership also ranges between city and rural areas and there is an even split between men and women. At an anecdotal level, the members were not coming from other political parties. "This is the first time in their lives that they're joining a political party of even considering it," Ms Findlay said. According to the AEC, the Carers Alliance, Bank Reform Party and Pirate Party Australia have all registered this year. The Bullet Train for Australia has also applied to register. The WikiLeaks party is yet to announce which candidates will run in the Senate spots in NSW and Western Australia as well as the running mate for Julian Assange, who has announced he will run for the Senate in Victoria from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The running mate would fill the Victorian seat if Mr Assange was elected but could not return to Australia.