Thousands of Tasmanians are off the hook for fines imposed for not voting in council elections, due to an administrative error.
In 2022, voting in local council elections became compulsory in Tasmania — resulting in more than 8,000 fines being issued across two by-elections for non-voting.More than 4,000 Tasmania ns who were penalised for not voting in two local government by-elections, have had their fines cancelled due to an administrative error.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Tasmanian Electoral Commission said 8,061 notices were issued to non-voters after the Glenorchy and Sorell by-elections, held in June 2024."This represents the number of non-voters referred to Monetary Penalties Enforcement Service who did not respond to the first two notices issued by the TEC," they said.
In a letter seen by the ABC, Ngaire Edwards, the TEC's deputy electoral commissioner, wrote the issue was caused by "the incorrect application of unique reference numbers on certain infringement notices".The cost of the annulled infringement notice was $78.
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