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Reforms to bring City of Sydney voting rules in line with other LGAs

New South Wales

The NSW government seeks to remove the automatic enrolment of non-residential electors such as corporations, multiple owners and leases.

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Why local council elections are undemocratic

By The Mandarin

Features

Through quirks of history that give votes for corporations and extra votes to property owners, local government elections in five Australian states are subject to unfair rules that have no place in Australia’s 21st-century democracy, argues Ryan Goss.