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Ed Killesteyn resigns as Australian Electoral Commissioner
By political reporter
Latika Bourke
Australian Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn has resigned following a major bungle at the last election which will see a fresh Senate poll held in Western Australia.
Mr Killesteyn had been the Electoral Commissioner since 2009 and had been reappointed to the role for another five years beginning last month.
But his long career in the public service was tainted by the AEC's loss of more than 1,300 Senate ballot papers in Western Australia following the September poll.
The mistake will see West Australians head back to the polls to elect six senators at a fresh vote before July, possibly as early as April.
AEC WA state manager Peter Kramer has also quit.