❓ Hon. Jacqui Boydell asks the Minister for Electoral Affairs about the recent Town of Port Hedland local government election, requesting correspondence, a timeline of votes returned, and an investigation into potential fraudulent voting. The Minister provides a partial answer, offering further details if a specific matter is identified and tabling the voting timeline.
AnsweredQoN 1123Legislative Council
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TOWN OF PORT HEDLAND —
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION
1123. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to question without notice
1110 to the Minister for Local Government, referring to the recent local
government elections held in the Town of Port Hedland.
(1) Please
table any and all correspondence relating to the Port Hedland election
involving the following parties: the
Minister for Local Government; the Western Australian Electoral Commission; the
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; the CEO
of the Town of Port Hedland; and Commissioner Riebeling.
(2) Please
provide a time line of how many votes were returned on each day during the
polling period.
(3) Will the
minister give an undertaking to investigate that no fraudulent voters were
entered for this election, as happened in the previous Town of Port Hedland
election?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION
1123. Hon JACQUI BOYDELL to the Minister for Electoral Affairs:
I refer to question without notice
1110 to the Minister for Local Government, referring to the recent local
government elections held in the Town of Port Hedland.
(1) Please
table any and all correspondence relating to the Port Hedland election
involving the following parties: the
Minister for Local Government; the Western Australian Electoral Commission; the
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries; the CEO
of the Town of Port Hedland; and Commissioner Riebeling.
(2) Please
provide a time line of how many votes were returned on each day during the
polling period.
(3) Will the
minister give an undertaking to investigate that no fraudulent voters were
entered for this election, as happened in the previous Town of Port Hedland
election?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The Western
Australian Electoral Commission has a large number of documents concerning the
administration of the election conducted for the Town of Port Hedland. If the
honourable member can identify a specific matter, the commission can provide
further details.
(2) The requested information is provided for tabling.
In relation to voting material returned to the commission or the Town of
Port Hedland, the numbers provided to the honourable member reflect voting
packages, not individual votes.
[See paper 4500 .]
(3) The Western
Australian Electoral Commission has not received any allegations of fraudulent
voting.
some notice of the question.
(1) The Western
Australian Electoral Commission has a large number of documents concerning the
administration of the election conducted for the Town of Port Hedland. If the
honourable member can identify a specific matter, the commission can provide
further details.
(2) The requested information is provided for tabling.
In relation to voting material returned to the commission or the Town of
Port Hedland, the numbers provided to the honourable member reflect voting
packages, not individual votes.
[See paper 4500 .]
(3) The Western
Australian Electoral Commission has not received any allegations of fraudulent
voting.
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