Victorian Electoral Commission says high number of multiple returned votes detected in Knox and Whittlesea city councils
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The Victorian Electoral Commission has referred allegations of suspected postal vote tampering in two Melbourne council elections to police.
The VEC on Wednesday afternoon said it had detected a high number of multiple returned votes in Knox city council, in Melbourne’s east, and Whittlesea city council, in Melbourne’s north, after voting closed in the state’s council elections last month.
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