FORMER Bayswater councillor Mike Sabatino has dropped his case against the WA electoral commission on the eve of its hearing because he, “shouldn’t have to pay for democracy”.
Mr Sabatino had wanted “transparency and justice” after scrutineers had claimed there was chaos during the counting of votes at the October local government election.
He says votes for his ward may have been miscounted, and while he’s still sticking to his guns, he told the Voice (after the paper’s deadline last week) that he couldn’t go through with the December 11 hearing. “I shouldn’t have to pay for democracy and transparency,” he says. “It was going to cost a lot to go up against the commission and the state.”
Perth Voice Interactive 
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