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Where Is the Electoral Commission?
17 September 2013
Where Is the Electoral Commission?
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne is challenging the Electoral Commission to become involved in the case Whangarei Council worker, Jan Walters-Gleeson.
Ms Walters-Gleeson has been dismissed by the Council for signing the nomination form of a Mayoral candidate.
Mr Dunne says her dismissal appears to be a gross breach of her rights as a citizen to participate freely and fairly in the electoral process.
“I am surprised we have heard nothing so far from the Electoral Commission, given its oversight role of electoral processes, about the infringement of Ms Walters-Gleeson’s rights as an elector.
“The Commission has shown itself in the recent past to be punctilious to the point of rigidity in its application of electoral rules, and I would expect it to be no less diligent in upholding Ms Walters-Gleeson’s rights,” he says.
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