Monique Ryan to lodge legal challenge after AEC anomaly prevents thousands of Covid-positive Australians voting

Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn't register for postal ballot may not be able to vote'

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A high-profile independent candidate is planning legal action after the Australian Electoral Commission conceded an anomaly means some people - possibly in excess of 100,000 - isolating with Covid may not be able to vote in Saturday's election.

Lawyers acting for Monique Ryan, the teal independent candidate in Josh Frydenberg's seat of Kooyong, will on Friday lodge an application in the federal court seeking to challenge the legality of a regulation the AEC has conceded will prevent some Covid-positive people from being able to vote.