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In March 2022, the NSW Electoral Commission announced that it would not use the iVote online voting system for the 2023 state election, following technical glitches during the 2021 local elections. Advocates for blind and low-vision people subsequently accused the Commission of unlawful discrimination over the removal of the accessible voting ...
The online voting system iVote was not used in this election. The NSW government suspended iVote after the 2021 NSW local council elections saw five wards impacted by access outages, with three significant enough that analysis suggested as high as a 60% chance the wrong candidate had been elected, after which the NSW Supreme Court ordered those ...
At the 2021 elections, the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) used an online voting system, iVote, in a number of LGAs. [1] Analysis commissioned by the NSWEC found 55 voters in Singleton, 54 in Shellharbour and 34 voters in Kempsey who attempted to use iVote were prevented from casting their vote.
At the previous state election held in 2023, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Chris Minns, won the election after spending 12 years in Opposition. The election saw Labor win 45 seats to the Coalition's 36 seats on election day, allowing Labor to form an initial minority government. The Greens retained their three seats, while the ...
Some councils use a single ballot paper, while others have an Australian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting. [16] Councils can be either undivided or be divided into wards ranging from two-member to five-member. [17] [18] Voting is compulsory for anyone on the New South Wales state electoral roll. [19]
During the 2021 NSW Local Government Elections the online voting system "iVote" had technical issues that caused some access problems for some voters. Analysis done of these failures indicated a significant chance of the outages having impacted on the electoral results for the final positions.
The election is being conducted by the Australian Election Company. [39] Although Frank Carbone and Dai Le formed their own groups at the 2021 election, they have an alliance on council. [40] [41] [42] Basim Shamaon, who contested the 2021 election leading "The Real Local" group, is running as Labor's mayoral candidate.
A At the 1913 election they dropped "and Reform" from their name and were known as simply as the Liberal Party. B At the 1898 election they were known as the National Federal Party. C Includes results for the Farmers and Settlers Association and the Country Party Association at the 1913 election as well for the second Progressive Party at the ...