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Postal voting packs on the way
Postal voting packs on the way
Tens of thousands of voting packs for this year’s Northland local body elections will begin turning up in mailboxes around the region shortly. (subs: from Friday 20 Sept)
Vibeke Wright, Electoral Official for the Northland Regional Council, says about 100,600 postal voting packs for the Saturday 12 October elections are due to be distributed to registered electors between Friday 20 and Wednesday 25 September.
These must be returned in the freepost envelope provided so the Electoral Officer receives them by noon on election day.
With that in mind, Ms Wright says anyone who has not received their packs by Thursday 26 September should contact their local district council office and request a special vote or call Election Services direct on 0800 922 822.
She says 32 people have been nominated to contest the nine seats available on a new look Northland Regional Council at this year’s local body elections.
General information on the elections is available from the council’s website via www.nrc.govt.nz/elections
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