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Electoral district of Strathfield in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 55,220 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 80.2% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Electoral district of Strathfield in New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Strathfield on 12 February 2022, following the resignation of former leader of the Labor Party Jodi McKay.[1]
The Strathfield by-election was held on the same day as by-elections for the districts of Bega, Monaro and Willoughby. The writs for election were issued on 21 January 2022. Nominations for candidates closed seven days later at noon on 27 January, with the ballot paper draw commencing in the morning of 28 January.[2]
The NSW Electoral Commission pre-emptively sent postal ballots to all voters registered on the state electoral roll, under a regulation in a COVID amendment to the Electoral Act. Postal votes were checked against in-person voting rolls to prevent double voting. The iVote online voting system was not used at these elections after the system failed during the NSW local government elections in December 2021.[3]
- ^ Green, Antony. "Strathfield By-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Strathfield State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Green, Antony (10 February 2022). "Antony Green explains how living with COVID could affect elections, starting tomorrow". ABC News. Retrieved 11 February 2022.