Election Worker Found With Almost 2,000 Ballots at Home

The Australian Electoral Commission is set to examine its processes and determine if changes are needed in protocol.

Voters receive there ballots from Australian Electoral Commission volunteers at a pre-polling centre inside the Brisbane City Hall in Brisbane on May 2, 2025. PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP via Getty Images

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) says it is “deeply concerned” that a worker took almost 2,000 ballots home from a Hurstville polling booth in the Sydney electorate of Barton.

The AEC said the incident did not impact polling counts in Barton, where Labor candidate Ash Ambihaipahar won with 66.1 percent of the vote in the seat formerly held by Labor’s Linda Burney.