Fairfield City Council and City of Liverpool are the only two Sydney councils using private contractors to facilitate local elections. Private contractors were more widely used in the past, and the pricing regulator claims they're key to keeping election costs competitive.
Why Fairfield City Council and City of Liverpool are the only councils in New South Wales to use a private contractor for their electionsWhy Fairfield City Council and City of Liverpool are the only councils in New South Wales to use a private contractor for their elections Fairfield City Council and City of Liverpool are the only two Sydney councils to use private contractor s to facilitate local elections.
The use of a private contractor might sound unorthodox, though more councils relied on them in the past, and the pricing regulator claims they're key to keeping election costs competitive.Fairfield City Council has consistently been using a private contractor to facilitate local government elections since 2012, a year after the option was legislated by the O'Farrell state government.
Early voting opens across the state from September 7 until the evening of September 12, but only Fairfield and Liverpool Councils will be accepting votes on September 8, as the NSW Electoral Commission won't be trading on the Sunday. Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun said the decision to switch was made due to long wait times during the 2021 election.The NSW Electoral Commission said the cost of conducting this year's council election would depend on a variety of factors, including each council's size.
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