The Liberal Party failed to submit some 150 nomination forms before the deadline in NSW's upcoming local council elections.
The NSW electoral commissioner has rebuffed the Liberals' last-minute request to extend the nomination deadline for local elections after an extraordinary failure to submit forms on time. The state electoral commission has confirmed it received a letter from party state president Don Harwin requesting the cut-off for the nomination period be extended by a week to August 21.
The creator of the website TallyRoom has found 44 contests involving some 135 candidates who would be affected at the 14 September elections. "There's going to be a lot more councils where there's just one party that runs the show, and generally that means a lot more decisions happen behind closed doors, in private, and I think you'll see a bunch more of that," Raue told the Australian Associated Press.
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