The former Western Bulldogs star has been accused of physically confronting a female staff member of the Victorian Electoral Commission at a voting centre in Essendon on November 25.
A spokeswoman for the VEC declined to comment on the specifics of the Liberatore allegations.
The VEC was so concerned by the level of vitriol, it called for calm around polling booths after an altercation at the St Albans voting centre between Hakki Suleyman, the father of Labor minister Natalie Suleyman, and a Freedom Party activist.
“It’s the VEC’s responsibility to ensure a safe workplace for its election staff and a safe voting experience for voters, and we responded accordingly when the behaviour of voters or other electoral participants did not meet these expectations.”in February the increasingly fiery atmosphere around polling stations had made it difficult to find enough volunteers to supervise booths and counting.
During the 2014 state election, the VEC received 50 complaints about the behaviour of candidates and party workers.
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