NSW Liberals accuse Climate 200 and teal independent of misleading voters on election corflutes

Party launches challenge one day before poll over signs in Manly that tell voters they risked ‘wasting’ their vote

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The Liberal party has accused Climate 200 and the independent Manly candidate Joeline Hackman of misleading voters over election corflutes that tell voters they risked “wasting” their vote if they did not number every box.

The party launched an 11th-hour challenge in the NSW Electoral Commission against the signs that appeared this week in the northern Sydney seat of Manly, held by the environment minister, James Griffin.

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