Former Adelaide City councillor Alex Hyde will be allowed to reopen a court case over the last council election, nearly two years after the ballot he wants declared void.
District Court Judge Michael Burnett has agreed to reopen the case between Hyde, the electoral commissioner and Adelaide City councillor Jing Li to allow Hyde’s legal team to include new documents they’ve discovered.
Jing Li was elected as a Central Ward councillor at the last council election in November 2022, while Hyde, a former Deputy Lord Mayor, lost his seat. In December 2022, Hyde lodged a petition with the court to declare the election void.