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| Due to the resignation of a member of the Council, a supplementary election was held to fill the vacancy of Councillor for Telowie Ward. |
| Timetable | |
| The key dates for this supplementary election were: | |
| Roll close | 5pm, Thursday 30 April 2020 |
| Opening of nominations | Friday 29 May 2020 |
| Nominations close | 12 noon, Friday 12 June 2020 |
| Dispatch of ballot material to electors | Tuesday 23 June 2020 to Monday 29 June 2020 |
| Close of voting (Polling Day) | 12 noon, Monday 13 July 2020 |
| Scrutiny and count | 9am, Wednesday 15 July 2020 |
| Map | |
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| Click to view a map of the Telowie Ward |
| Ballot Paper Draw | |
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The draw for ballot paper order for the District Council of Mount Remarkable - Telowie Ward was live streamed at 4pm on Thursday 11 June. A recording of the ballot paper draw is available on ECSA’s YouTube channel. |
| Candidates | |
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At the close of nominations at 12 noon on Friday 12 June 2020, a total of two nominations were received and accepted for the supplementary election. In accordance with the Local Government (Elections) Act 1999, a draw was held after the close of nominations to determine the order in which names of candidates would appear on the ballot paper and the result of the draw was as follows: Profiles of each of these candidates are available by clicking their names above. |
| Daily returns | |
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| Count Summary | |
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| Enrolled voters: | 964 |
| Envelopes returned: | 426 |
| Envelopes accepted: | 421 |
| Envelopes rejected: | 5 |
| Ballot papers not returned in envelope: | 0 |
| Voter participation: | 426 (44.19% of the total enrolment) |
| Formal votes: | 420 |
| Informal votes: | 1 |
| Quota: | 211 |
| First preference votes | |||
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Below are the first preference votes received by the candidates in the order they appeared on the ballot paper. Percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. |
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| Candidate | First preference votes | Percentage | |
| STANTON, Diane | 153 | 36.43% | |
| McCARTHY, Stephen | 267 | 63.57% | |
| Distribution of preferences |
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As McCARTHY, Stephen obtained a number of first preference votes greater than the quota of 211 he has been declared provisionally elected. To view the distribution of votes refer to the Mt Remarkable - Telowie 2020 (FINAL) - 15 Jul 2020 (XLS 68 KB) |
| Information in other languages | |||
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Information about how to vote at council elections is available in 21 languages: Phone the Translating and Interpreting Services on 131 450 and ask them to them contact Electoral Commission SA on 1300 655 232. This is a free service.If your language is not listed here, or if you would like more information, please call us through an interpreter. |