A former director of embattled Aboriginal organisation Mallee District Aboriginal Services (MDAS), Aunty Jemmes Handy, says the vote that removed her was fair and legitimate, and has asked the state government to intervene amid calls to re-run the vote.

The procedures around the MDAS's annual general meeting and the subsequent vote to elect a new chair and board members have become the centre of a major dispute.

Some board members, led by ousted chair Jenene Murray, have disputed that vote, saying there were "genuine concerns about the integrity of the ballot process" because it was not done in a "consistent or controlled manner", and have called for a re-run.

The re-run is scheduled for February 14.

But Indigenous elder and former MDAS board member Ms Handy — who was also ousted in the vote — said a re-run was unnecessary.

Ms Handy has since resigned from MDAS and is seeking legal advice.

"It saddens me that the effects of [their] behaviour are affecting the Aboriginal community to the extent it is," she said in her resignation letter to the board.

'A laughing stock'

Days before her resignation, Ms Handy said MDAS contacted her to say that the recent annual general meeting, where members ousted her and the chair, was invalid.

In Ms Handy's opinion, the election was transparent, and members voted fairly to remove her and others from the board.

She said although there were disruptions at the AGM, they were from members asking valid questions of MDAS's executive, the chair and the board about the running of the company.

Ms Handy said those questions were not satisfactorily answered, and that MDAS "was a laughing stock" and its members were not being listened to.

"Usually, I try to stick around and change things, but I couldn't take it anymore," Ms Handy said.

"What I'd like to see is that government departments get involved and put a stop to this."

Aunty Jemmes Handy stepped down from Mallee District Aboriginal Services's board when it said it would re-run the meeting. (Supplied / Jemmes Handy)

A game of thrones

The official line from MDAS has been that the election process was not "fair and transparent", there were questions over proper process, and "conduct during the meeting interfered with and disrupted the orderly running of the AGM".

"The process itself needs to be re-run in a clear, calm and constitutionally compliant way," ousted chair Aunty Jenene Murray said in a statement.