State’s electoral commission receives request from party president after it failed to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates
Don Harwin has written to the NSW electoral commission after his party failed to lodge the necessary paperwork to nominate all of its candidates for September’s local government elections.Don Harwin has written to the NSW electoral commission after his party failed to lodge the necessary paperwork to nominate all of its candidates for September’s local government elections.
But acting NSW electoral commissioner Matthew Phillips considered the grounds for the request and on Saturday rejected an extension. The NSW Liberal party president, Don Harwin, sent a letter to the NSW electoral commission overnight Friday after the party’s head officeGuardian Australia understands Harwin gave the electoral commission until 4pm on Saturday to respond, and that the letter detailed “issues” with the electoral process.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup. In a statement issued after an emergency meeting late on Thursday night, Harwin said the executive had unanimously decided to terminate Shields’ employment.
what had occurred was a “setback” and “simply not good enough”, but added that the mistake “will not define us”.
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