NSW Liberals accuse electoral commission of breaking rules after council nomination debacle

Party threatens legal action against NSW electoral commission after requests for deadline extension rejected

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The New South Wales Liberal party has accused the state's electoral commission of breaching regulations and says it will be left with no other option" than to take legal action if it isn't given more time to nominate all its council candidates.

But the acting electoral commissioner, Matthew Phillips, on Sunday rejected the party's second request for an extension. He said he did not consider it a realistic possibility" that Liberal HQ could have been unaware of the nomination deadline, and added it would not be appropriate" to change the election process.

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