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However, once the election is declared, Electoral Commissioner Warwick Gately will lodge an application to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for an inquiry into the election for the north-west ward. VCAT can then affirm or set aside the result.
The Victorian Electoral Commission called in police after it emerged that hundreds of ballot papers had been removed from voters’ letterboxes, filled in fraudulently and then mailed in.
The scam was uncovered when large numbers of voters contacted the commission wanting to know where their ballot papers were.
Victoria Police said…
