A complaint has been laid with police over the actions of former Whangarei District Councillor Jayne Golightly, who resigned this month because she was not a New Zealand citizen.
Dale Ofsoske, of Election Services, which runs the local body elections in the north, confirmed to the Northern Advocate that he had laid a complaint to police as he was obliged to do under the Local Electoral Act 2001.
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The complaint alleges that Golightly knew she was not a citizen when she filled out her nomination form which, if proven, amounts to electoral fraud.
Golightly said Ofsoske confirmed it is legislative procedure that any issue is to be put to the police, and that was done more than 10 days ago.