Today is the last day for posting votes in the Invercargill City By-Election to make sure they arrive in time to be counted. Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said there was still plenty of time for anyone who missed the postal deadline to drop their vote off in person. “If you haven’t quite managed to […]
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Rules and guidelines confirmed for election signs
On 29 June 2020 Invercargill City Council granted a Resource Consent for all political parties contesting the 2020 National Elections to erect and place hoardings and other election signs. Signs can go up from 18 July 2020 and must be removed on 18 September (the day before the Election). Trailer signs require permission from Council’s […]
Read More >Deputy Mayor, committee chairpersons announced
His Worship the Mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has today announced his chosen Deputy Mayor and committee chairpersons for the new term, as he reflects on the recent election. “Despite the inadequacies of our postal services, there was a relatively high response by voters in this year’s Local Government elections in Invercargill,” Sir Tim said. “From […]
Read More >Final results for Invercargill local authority elections
Final election results announced today have confirmed there will be no changes to the Council table from the preliminary results. The final count shows Sir Tim Shadbolt secured 9,672 votes, while top-polling Council candidate Nobby Clark received 10,802 votes. Council Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said final figures showed voter turnout was 53.01 per cent, […]
Read More >Preliminary results for Invercargill local authority elections
The Preliminary Results for the Invercargill Local Authority Elections were released on Sunday, 13 October. There are no changes to the elected members thus far. However, Special Votes are still yet to be counted. The Final results will be confirmed by Thursday, 17 October. If you are on a mobile device download the Preliminary results PDF […]
Read More >Progress results for Invercargill local authority elections
The progress results have now been superseded by the Preliminary votes, click here to view Voters have re-elected Sir Tim Shadbolt to serve as Mayor of Invercargill City Council. Progress results for the local authority elections, released today, show Sir Tim won the Mayoralty with 8903 votes ahead of Mayoral candidates Darren Ludlow, with 5878 […]
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