The Canberra Liberals look set for an uncontested preselection next weekend when the party chooses its candidates for October's territory election.
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The Liberals will hold their preselection ballots on Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, amid heavy security to keep the process from prying eyes at the Eastlake Football Club in Kingston.
Members will preselect the 17 hopefuls who have put up their hands for the 17 seats that will be contested in October.
The party faithful have been told they will be vetted as they arrive at Eastlake to ensure the meetings are not infiltrated by members of other parties or journalists.
In the central, seven-seat electorate of Molonglo, incumbent Jeremy Hanson will be joined by Steve Dozspot, looking to make the switch from Brindabella, beaten 2008 candidate Giulia Jones, defeated 2010 federal election hopeful James Milligan, Murray Gordon, Tom Sefton and Elizabeth Lee.
In the southern, five-seat electorate of Brindabella, leader Zed Seselja will ask the membership to rubber stamp his switch, completing his electorate swap with Mr Dozspot.
Mr Seselja will be joined on the ticket by his deputy, Brindabella stalwart Brendan Smyth, beaten 2008 Community Alliance candidate Val Jeffery, Homelessness Australia chief executive Nicole Lawder and Andrew Wall. In Ginninderra, incumbents Alistair Coe and Vicki Dunne will take the plunge again, joined by businesswoman Merinda Nash, Matthew Watts and Jacob Vadekkedathu.
In a letter this week to the membership, the local party's general secretary Victoria Taylor warned anyone attending the meeting would be required to prove their bona fides before being admitted.
''In order to ensure that our pre-selection meeting is not attended by members of the media or other political parties, we request that members please bring some form of identification,'' Ms Taylor wrote.
''A driver's licence is the preferred form of ID and will allow us to process you quickly. We wish to be very careful that only legitimate party members enter the room.''
Members will listen to candidate speeches before voting in three separate polls, Molonglo on Friday night, Brindabella on Saturday morning and Ginninderra on Saturday afternoon.
The Liberals' preselection looks set for a smoother process than that of their rivals.
The ACT Greens' internal vote has been marred by brawls and leaked emails, alleging the process has been the subject of recriminations and the settling of old scores. The party hopes to announce its team of candidates next week.
Labor's preselection in November was not without its problems with one defeated candidate alleging after the vote that controversial pre-poll arrangements were ''a cynical abuse of affirmative action'' and an example of ''factional rorts''.