The NSW Liberal Party said it's taking immediate action to address the failure to make sure it never happens again.
Almost 4000 candidates have been successfully nominated for the New South Wales local government elections, with 14 areas uncontested following the state Liberal Party's "monumental" nomination blunder.As a result of the Liberal Party's error, there will be uncontested elections in the following 14 council, ward and mayoral elections:Residents in those council areas and wards will not be required to vote as the nominated candidates will be elected uncontested.
A by-election will also be held at a later date for Berrigan, Cowra and Junee councils and Lachlan – Ward E to fill vacancies caused by an insufficient number of candidate nominations required to form council in those areas. "To prevent this from ever happening again, we are reviewing our process to thoroughly investigate what went wrong.Party Affairs Manager Wilson Chessell has been appointed as interim acting State Director until August 26 to conduct tomorrow's Epping by-election preselection.
Shields, who faced calls for his resignation ahead of his firing, blamed the administrative disaster on a lack of "secretariat resources".NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman described the error as a "monumental debacle" at a press conference earlier this week.
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