The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is investigating how almost two thousand votes went missing from a Sydney voting station on election night. The ballots were recovered from a temporary election worker’s home several days later. The AEC has confirmed the missing votes had already been counted on election night, meaning the incident did not impact the ultimate result in the seat of Barton. Get the news that matters to you straight from the source. Download the ABC NEWS app: https://ab.co/

Sky News host Peta Credlin says the Australian electoral system needs improvements to "boost safeguards" against fraud because it’s not tamper-proof and “power hungry people have a tendency to manipulate the system”. | Sky News Australia

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has been humiliated in court for a frivolous case against Craig Kelly regarding the font size used in a political advertisement. The court has ruled against the AEC, leaving taxpayers to cover the costs for both parties. The dispute centered around the font size on campaign materials used by United Australia candidate Craig Kelly in the Hughes seat, NSW. The AEC objected to an early print run using 8pt font, claiming it wasn't prominent enough to read. "