Candidates deny voter interference in Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board byelection
2 Feb, 2021 02:30 AM
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The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board byelection has been rocked by allegations of voter interference. Photo / File
Candidates standing in an Auckland Council byelection for the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board deny any part in allegations of voter interference.
The police have been brought in to investigate the allegations, including a claim a man looking like one of the candidates made an elderly person fill in their ballot form and hand it to him.
The allegations were made by Malcolm Turner of the right-leaning Communities & Residents ticket in a complaint to the electoral officer, Dale Ofsoske, who has passed them to the police to investigate.