Early voting opened late in 21 booths because of wet weather and a failure to get ballots in time, while the Liberal Party’s direction of preferences remained a sore point. EarlyVoting VictoriaVotes
because candidates can be elected with less than 1 per cent of the vote thanks to complicated preference flows., but the Liberal Party and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy have insisted candidates from other parties with “significant character or policy issues” would be at the bottom of the pile.
Spelman, who ran for the United Australia Party at the May federal election, told an anti-lockdown rally last year: “Jail Dan Andrews. I want to say ‘hang Dan Andrews’, but I know that’s not allowed.”She also tweeted in July that the premier should be “arrested, tried, found guilty and hanged”, and she frequently tweets unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccine injuries.that there were a total of 1194 candidates running at the election.
Labor’s campaign spokesman, Government Services Minister Danny Pearson, on Saturday accused Guy of “playing footsies” with right-wing extremists. Spelman, a former Frankston City councillor who once rallied with the anti-Islam group Reclaim Australia, was contacted for comment.“I’m not a racist. I judge people on their merits.”Pearson’s comments were ironic given he was a “minion in a dictatorial government” that had forced people to get vaccinated to remain employed.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Liberal Party leader Matthew Guy holds election campaign launchLess than two weeks until voters head to the polls on November 26, the Victorian Liberal Party launched its election campaign in Port Melbourne on Sunday.
Read more »
Liberal candidate preferences Labor over Greens in key seat before backflipLiberal candidate Lucas Moon bucked the directive from central headquarters on Monday morning, handing out how-to-vote cards that directed preferences to Labor ahead of the Greens in the key seat of Richmond for several hours.
Read more »
Five in hospital after early hours bus crash at Lake MacquarieA crime scene has been established after a bus crash in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two men were ejected and trapped underneath the vehicle until paramedics freed them.
Read more »
Early voting begins for the Victorian election as poll suggests a tightening raceOn a wet and miserable Monday, some waited for hours to cast their ballot as Liberals were given fresh hope by a poll saying Labor’s lead had narrowed
Read more »
Ballot printing issues delay early voting at some centres in VictoriaVoting at Camberwell and 20 others centres across metropolitan Melbourne was delayed because of issues caused by ballot printing hold-ups and the wet weather. carolineschelle and ClayLucas
Read more »