FACT SHEET TRIENNIAL ELECTION Southland District Council 12 October 2019
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FACT SHEET TRIENNIAL ELECTION Southland District Council 12 October 2019 GENERAL − Southern District Health Board members (7 members, of which 3 members are elected from the Southland Constituency) Triennial elections for elected members of most local authorities − Matuara Licensing Trust members (9 members, of which 3 throughout New Zealand are to be conducted, by postal vote, on members are elected from the Southland District Council area) Saturday 12 October 2019. − Gore and Districts Health Incorporated members (6 members The elections will be conducted under the provisions of the Local of which 1 member is elected from the Southland District Electoral Act 2001 and the Local Electoral Regulations 2001 and will Council area). be undertaken by Election Services, under contract to Southland District Council. NOMINATIONS POSITIONS Nominations for the above positions will open on Friday 19 July 2019 and close at noon on Friday 16 August 2019. During 2018, Southland District Council undertook a representation Nomination papers will be available during this period from: arrangements review (a review of wards, community boards, boundaries, number of elected members etc). The final proposal − Council’s Principal Offices, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill retains the existing number of councillors and wards but reviews − Council’s Area Offices: community boards and the number of community board members. Elections are required for the following positions: − Lumsden Area Office, 18 Diana Street, Lumsden − Otautau Area Office, 176 Main Street, Otautau − mayor (elected ‘at large’); − Riverton Area Office,117 Palmerston Street, Riverton − councillors (12); − Stewart Island Area Office, 9 Ayr Street, Halfmoon Bay, − Maraoa Waimea Ward (3) Stewart Island − Oreti Ward (3) − Te Anau Area Office, 116 Town Centre, Te Anau − Stewart Island/Rakiura (1) − Te Anua Library, 24 Milford Crecent, Te Anau − Waiau Aparima Ward (3) − Winton Area Office, (refer www.southlanddc.govt.nz) − Waihopai Toetoe Ward (2) − Wyndham Area Office, 41 Balaclava Street, Wyndham − community board members (56) − by accessing www.southlanddc.govt.nz; − Ardlussa Community Board (6) − by telephoning the electoral office on 0800 922 822. − Fiordland Community Board (6) To be eligible to stand for election, a candidate must be: − Northern Community Board (6) − a New Zealand citizen (by birth or naturalisation ceremony); − Parawa-Fairlight Subdivision (1) and − West Dome Subdivision (2) − enrolled as a Parliamentary elector (anywhere in New Zealand); − Mid Dome Subdivision (3) and − nominated by two electors whose names appear on the − Oraka Aparima Community Board (6) electoral roll within the respective area that a candidate is − Oreti Community Board (7) standing for. − Hokonui Subdivision (1) − Midlands (4) ELECTORAL ROLL − Makarewa (2) Those eligible to vote in the election are all resident electors − Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board (6) and non-resident ratepayer electors whose names appear on the electoral roll when it closes on Friday 16 August 2019. The − Tuatapere Te Waewae Community Board (6) Preliminary Electoral Roll will be available for public inspection − Waihopai Toetoe Community Board (7) from Friday 19 July 2019 to Friday 16 August 2019 at the above − Wallace Takitimu Community Board (6) locations. − Environment Southland members (12 members elected from 6 Resident Roll: All parliamentary electors, including those on the constituencies) Māori Electoral Roll, are automatically enrolled on the Resident Roll, at the address where they live. Any alterations to the Resident Roll (eg change of address details, Saturday 12 October 2019). Electors may post their completed including new postal addresses) should be made by: voting documents back to the electoral officer using the orange pre- paid envelope sent with their voting document. − completing the appropriate form at any post shop; − phoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656) Completed voting documents can also be hand-delivered to all Council offices from Friday 20 September 2019 to noon Saturday 12 − accessing the Electoral Commission website on October 2019. Special votes will also be available during the voting www.elections.org.nz period at Council’s Head Office, 15 Forth Street, Invercargill and the Ratepayer Roll: If a person is on the parliamentary roll in one area Stewart Island Area Office, 9 Ayr Street, Stewart Island. and pays rates on a property in another area, this person may be To be counted, all completed voting documents must be in the eligible to be enrolled on the non-resident ratepayer roll. A firm, hands of the electoral officer or an electoral official by noon company, corporation or society paying rates on a property may Saturday 12 October 2019. nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector (provided the nominated person resides outside the area). Ratepayer Progress results will be known early afternoon, and preliminary Roll enrolment forms are available at all Council offices, or by results will be known on Sunday morning 13 October 2019. These phoning the electoral office on 0800 922 822. will be accessible on Council’s website: www.southlanddc.govt.nz ELECTORAL SYSTEM CONTACT US The first past the post (FPP) electoral system will be used for all elections except for the Southern District Health Board which will For further information regarding this election, please contact the use the single tranferable voting (STV) electoral system. electoral office: Dale Ofsoske, Electoral Officer VOTING PERIOD Southland District Council Voting documents will be sent to all eligible electors, by post, from C/o PO Box 5135, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141 Friday 20 September 2019. Email: [email protected] Phone: 0800 922 822 The voting period is three weeks (Friday 20 September 2019 to noon .