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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

‘Washed away’: residents angry as one polling booth opens in flood-hit Lismore

A rubbish removal truck drives down a street in Lismore where there are rubbish skips lining the side of the road, and it is raining
Residents of Lismore in New South Wales are concerned about where they will be able to vote in the 2022 federal election, as the town recovers from flooding. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

The Australian Electoral Commission is scrambling to secure more voting locations in flood-ravaged Lismore after residents raised concerns that just one prepolling site, which has accessibility issues, is open.

Residents also called for better communication from the AEC to tell people that their usual polling place may have been “washed away” in the floods, and to help them find a new location to vote at in the 21 May election.

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