A Palmer United candidate who claims the Victorian state election result is invalid has won the opportunity to be heard in a Supreme Court trial.
Maria Rigoni, who unsuccessfully stood as a PUP candidate in Victoria's Northern Metropolitan Region, claims the record number of pre-poll votes ahead of last year's November 29 election breached the electoral act.
A Supreme Court justice dismissed a call by the Victorian Electoral Commission to deal with the matter via a summary judgment.
Kylie Evans, for the VEC, said Ms Rigoni's petition was "so poor that it is an abuse of process".
"We say there's nothing in it," Ms Evans told the court.
Justice John Forrest said the petition raised important issues and set a trial date for February 25.
At the hearing on Wednesday, Justice Forrest said the petition may not have jurisdiction to challenge the general election but may be able to challenge the seat where Ms Rigoni stood.
Ms Rigoni, who represented herself on Wednesday, said it was an important issue and it was not in the interest of anyone for it to be held up.
She says early voting is distorting every candidate's right to influence the decision-making process of electors within the election time-frame.
Justice Forest told she had to clearly set out the terms of the non-compliance with the act, saying that at present her case was "higgledy-piggledy".
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