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Register a party Amend the register Party registration notices Annual continued registration Senior office holders Cancellation of party registration Electoral material. Theoden Lee said he did not know there was an election for the Inner West Council: "I don't think you should be forced to vote in them.
More than , people have been sent an Apparent Failure to Vote Notice for the local government elections after almost , people, or 20 per cent of 2. In comparison, more than , people out of 1. The spokesman said , notices were issued for the council election, but more than , people about 44 per cent provided an acceptable excuse for their failure to vote.
More than half of the almost , people issued a notice following the council elections did not pay the fine after coming up with an excuse. Mr Lee said he did not realise an election was held for the Inner West Council — formed in by the merger of the former Leichhardt, Ashfield and Marrickville councils — "because there's so little publicity". Mr Lee said he would reluctantly pay the fine despite not realising voting in council elections was required. Labor's local government spokesman, Peter Primrose, said forced council mergers had led to voter confusion and an increase in fines for not voting.
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