Acting SA electoral commissioner calls for council election delay

All councils in Adelaide would be affected, from the smallest to the largest. (ABC News: Daniel Taylor)

There were a number of problems on the day of the SA state and First Nations Voice to Parliament elections, as well as during counting.

Acting electoral commissioner Leah McLay has asked the Attorney-General Kyam Maher to consider delaying the November council elections.

Mr Maher says a decision will be made in the coming days but would need to go through state parliament.

South Australia's acting electoral commissioner wants to delay the upcoming council elections until mid-2027 while she awaits recommendations into a review into the drama-plagued state and Voice to Parliament elections in March.

Local government elections were due to be held in November, but acting electoral commissioner Leah McLay said she believed there was "insufficient" time to implement any changes Mr Rogers recommended before November.

Attorney-General and Special Minister of State Kyam Maher would have to approve the delay, which would impact all councils apart from the Roxby Downs council, which is run by an administrator.

The state and the First Nations Voice to Parliament elections were held simultaneously and beset with problems, including at polling booths and during the count.

Issues included difficulty recruiting polling booth staff, computer login glitches on election day, confusion and alleged discrimination in the First Nations election voting process and uncounted votes found a month after the election.

Former Australian electoral commissioner Tom Rogers is reviewing both the state and First Nations Voice elections, while the Electoral Commission of South Australia is also doing its own review.

Leah McLay is filling in as electoral commissioner while commissioner Mick Sherry is on leave. (ABC News: Lincoln Rothall)

"I reiterate that I have not taken this action lightly, and I recognise that it will have an impact on councils, however in the circumstances that the commission finds itself, I'm not comfortable proceeding with the elections in November," she said.

Ms McLay said she had informed the Local Government Association of South Australia and all 67 affected South Australian councils of her request.

Mr Maher said he had an initial meeting with electoral commission officials last week during which they raised concerns about their capacity to run the council elections.

Then on Thursday he received formal advice about the issue, which was considered at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

"I've got to say we are frustrated and disappointed at how t