Victorian Electoral Commission says high number of multiple returned votes detected in Knox and Whittlesea city councils

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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