{"id":2326,"date":"2012-05-08T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T03:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2013-03-25T21:44:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T11:44:22","slug":"non-voters-face-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/05\/08\/non-voters-face-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Voters Face Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 8, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voter turnout at the recent Local Government elections was extremely low … but “election fatigue” won’t be a valid excuse to avoid a fine.<\/p>\n

In the Cherbourg Aboriginal Council<\/strong> area, just 73.71 per cent of voters turned out to vote.<\/p>\n

However voting behaviour for the South Burnett Regional Council<\/strong> wasn’t much better. In Division 1, just 76.35 per cent of voters turned out. Division 4 was even lower, with only 75.95 per cent of eligible voters casting a ballot. Division 6 voters were the most keen, with 79.67 per cent voting.<\/p>\n

Gympie Regional Council<\/strong> voters were more responsible, with 84.42 per cent of people on the roll voting in Division 6. In fact, every Division in the Gympie area recorded a turnout above 80 per cent.<\/p>\n

About 77 per cent of eligible voters returned their postal votes in the contest for Toowoomba Regional Council – although votes may still be working their way through the mail system.<\/p>\n

An Electoral Commission of Queensland spokesman told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> that anyone who had failed to vote without a reasonable excuse would be subject to a fine, with each case dealt with on its individual merits … just as for State elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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