geoff lake's opponent was a well respected member of the vietnamese community.and he singles them out for special scrutiny confirmed by those officials present.
Cr Lake's four-page letter alleges Mr Smith put his face within 20 centimetres of a scrutineer and shouted, "You're a racist, your side are racist", as Vietnamese voters were lining up to vote.
Mr Williams, the acting returning officer who was also named in the letter, said Cr Lake failed to exit the room after agreeing to remain absent and said his scrutineers had made excessive demands when challenging membership credentials, particularly in relation to some groups of ethnic voters.
He said he got "a bit narky" with one of Cr Lake's scrutineers when he stood over him. "I asked him to sit down because he kept standing over me." He said Cr Lake's scrutineers were challenging people purely on the basis they were Asian and asking for photographic ID, which they were not doing for Anglo-Saxon voters.
