{"id":253367,"date":"2020-02-20T17:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T07:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=253367"},"modified":"2020-02-20T22:40:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:40:41","slug":"council-nominations-open-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/20\/council-nominations-open-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Nominations Open Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95996\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ballotbox1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95996\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ballotbox1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Council poll in on March 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 20, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would-be councillors and mayors will be able to officially nominate to stand at the 2020 Council elections from this Saturday (February 22).<\/p>\n<p>This is when the Electoral Council of Queensland plans to publish the &#8220;Notice of Election&#8221; and all councils will move into a caretaker period (ie. councillors cannot vote on major decisions).<\/p>\n<p>Would-be candidates have until noon on Tuesday, March 3, to put up their hands.<\/p>\n<p>The ECQ has warned that new requirements apply for candidates, political parties, third party campaigners and political donors for the 2020 local government poll.<\/p>\n<p>These are explained on the ECQ <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecq.qld.gov.au\/candidates-and-parties\/candidates\/2020-local-government-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0but one of the major changes is mandatory training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In order to nominate,\u00a0all\u00a0candidates (including sitting councillors)\u00a0must\u00a0complete new mandatory training being conducted by the Department of Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Candidates must declare they have successfully completed the course when lodging their official nomination forms.<\/p>\n<p>The ECQ will conduct a random draw to determine the order in which candidates appear on ballot papers on Wednesday, March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for postal votes close at 7:00pm Monday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-poll voting will run from March 16-March 27.<\/p>\n<p>The actual election day is Saturday, March 28. 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