Newcastle voters given wrong ballot papers, cast informal vote

Invalid: Eight voters at Cooks Hill City Scout Group Hall in Wickham will not have their votes counted after they were given the incorrect ballot paper. Picture: Michael Parris

Eight voters at Cooks Hill City Scout Group Hall in Wickham unknowingly cast informal votes after they were given ballot papers from Paterson, rather than for their Newcastle electorate.

A spokesperson for Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon said the eight unidentifiable voters had accidentally used the wrong ballot papers and their votes had been removed from the count.