Only a week to go

Dunedin (Friday, 5 August 2016) – Candidates wishing to stand for this year’s local authority elections have a week left to put in their nominations.

Nominations close at 12 noon on Friday, 12 August.

The Electoral Officer for the Dunedin City Council and the Otago Regional Council, Pam Jordan, says the following numbers of nominations had been received by 10am today.

Dunedin City Council (DCC):

Mayor of Dunedin – 1

Council – 8

Community Boards (six vacancies for each of six boards) – 5 in total

Otago Regional Council (ORC):

Dunedin Constituency (six vacancies) – 0

Dunstan Constituency (three vacancies) – 4

Moeraki Constituency (one vacancy) - 1

Molyneux Constituency (two vacancies) - 1

Anyone wishing to stand as a candidate for the DCC (including their local community board) or the ORC can obtain nomination forms and candidate information at www.dunedin.govt.nz/elections or phone 03 477 4000.

Candidates can also get further information from Local Government New Zealand at
www.lgnz.co.nz/vote2016/candidates.

The names of candidates are put on the DCC website as nominations are received and processed. Candidate profiles will be published once nominations close.

The elections are held by postal vote and voting papers will be sent out from 16 September.

These must be mailed back in time to be received by 12 noon on Election Day, Saturday, 8.

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