Even in defeat, Assange's campaign can win

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The WikiLeaks founder's Senate bid is a long shot, but there is method in his move.
April 12, 2013
Gay Alcorn

Julian Assange is accused of many things, but few argue he lacks chutzpah. His decision to stand for the Senate in September's election seems ludicrous effrontery. The WikiLeaks founder is asking Victorians to vote for him when he will be unable to campaign here because he is confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted political asylum after losing court challenges to prevent him being sent to Sweden to answer questions about sexual assault allegations.

... There are many more hurdles. University of Sydney constitutional professor Anne Twomey says the commission's decision to allow Assange to enrol could be challenged if Assange was visiting his mother in Mentone in 2010, rather than actually living with her ...

There could also be a constitutional challenge on the grounds Assange has been granted asylum in Ecuador. A person is ineligible to be a candidate if they are ''under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power'' ...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr in February said it was ''sheer fantasy'' for WikiLeaks to claim that extradition to Sweden would mean a quick transfer to the US, because extradition could have just as easily been sought from Britain ...

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/even-in-defeat-assanges-campaign-can-win-20130411-2ho5c.html

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1. He could not serve anyway

How would he attend the Senate? Skype?