Redland council push to control polls after ECQ election stuff-ups

A southeast council, fed up with paying for shoddy elections, is hoping to push the state government into allowing it to conduct its own polls in a first step towards postal voting at the local level.

Redland council is pushing to conduct its own elections, after a series of ECQ glitches.

A push for postal voting is gaining momentum across the southeast, ahead of the October state government election — and not just because of coronavirus restrictions.

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