Kay Mousley

Kay Mousley is the Electoral Commissioner for the State Electoral Office of South Australia. [ [http://www.eca.gov.au/about/members.htm Electoral Council of Australia – About the ECA – Members] ] She is the first woman to hold the post and had previously worked for 25 years for the Australian Electoral Commission rising to the head of that agency in South Australia. Mousley was appointed after a recommendation of the Statutory Officers Committee of the Parliament of South Australia. [1]

The electoral commissioner's role is varied but overall ensures that elections are fair and true. Mousley has been involved in the withdrawal of a Liberal-run misleading advertisement put forward by David Pisoni, the Unley candidate [ [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1592667.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation – PM – Wednesday, 15 March , 2006 18:50:36 – SA Liberals forced to change TV ad] ] , commenting on the birth of electronic voting [ [http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2006/s1595137.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Stateline South Australia – How technology is changing the way South Australians vote – Broadcast: 18/03/2006] ] , and a larger redistribution after the landslide 2006 state election [ [http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18887871%255E2682,00.html The Advertiser, Adelaide] ] .

References

[1] "Adelaide Advertiser" "First woman at electoral helm", 7 July 2005 page 13 retrieved through Ebbsco's Australia and New Zealand Reference Database 11 December 2006

External links

* [http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/ State Electoral Office South Australia]