Toowoomba Regional Council - 13 contest by-election ...

Excerpt from Highfields Herald Online - 10-17 November 2008:

13 contest by-election

Thirteen candidates vie for the vacant position on the Toowoomba Regional Council caused by the death of Cr Ian Orford.

Electors will be required to lodge a postal vote by 6pm on Saturday, December 6.

Ballot papers will be mailed to all electors on the electoral roll in the TRC region in late November.

There is no need to apply for a postal vote.

Electors will receive the ballot paper, detailed voting instructions, a declaration envelope in which to place their ballot paper and a reply-paid envelope for posting their vote to the returning officer.

If the ballot paper is not received or is spoiled for any reason, voters can request the returning officer to provide a replacement paper.

When votes are received by the returning officer, the elector’s name will be crossed off the electoral roll and the identifier strip torn off the declaration envelope. This renders the vote anonymous, before the envelope is opened and the vote counted.

Scrutineers for each of the candidates have a right to attend all parts of the counting process.

When the poll result is declared will depend on the margin between the leading candidates.

The council’s manager governance and administration, Norm Garsden, will be the Returning Officer for the by-election following the resignation of council’s CEO, Philip Spencer.

Candidates in order of appearance on the ballot paper:

• Ian Keheler
  
• Noel Cass
  
• Ven Sorensen
  
• Michele Alroe
  
• Bruce Elvery
  
• Rob Berry
  
• John McVeigh
  
• Pat Pobar
  
• Avis Hunter
  
• Ian Jones
  
• Sue Englart
  
• Grant Orford
  
• Graham Barron.
  

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