Labor mulls legal challenge against Liberals over misleading election signs in Chisholm

Appeal to focus on Liberal party Chinese-language signs which resembled electoral commission material

Labor is considering a legal challenge against Liberal Gladys Liu’s apparent victory in Chisholm based on misleading how-to-vote instructions distributed on Chinese social media platform WeChat.

The action in the court of disputed returns would mirror a case to be brought by independent candidate, Oliver Yates, protesting Chinese language signs, designed to resemble Australian Electoral Commission material in Kooyong and Chisholm.

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