General News
1 April, 2025
Shire postal underway
BALLOT papers were hitting letterboxes in Mareeba Shire last week, with the postal vote by-election to be held this Saturday.
Five candidates – Alan Pedersen, Mladen Bosnic, Robyn Drury, Carol Chong and Gaye Taylor – have put their hand up to contest the by-election which is being held to fill a vacancy left by the passing of former councillor Kevin Davies.
The five hopefuls put forward their case as to why they should be elected at the Mareeba Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday.
Residents are being advised by the Electoral Commission Queensland (ECQ) that once the postal vote ballot paper arrives in the mail, they should read the instructions, detach the ballot paper from the declaration envelope and complete their vote.
Voters do not have to wait until Saturday to fill out the ballot paper.
The ballot paper should then be folded in half, placed into the declaration envelope and sealed. Voters then must sign the declaration envelope and a witness must also sign. The sealed and signed declaration envelope must then be placed into the reply-paid envelope and posted.
Postal votes must be completed before 6pm on Saturday. Votes must be received by the ECQ by 15 April to be included in the count.
The counting of all votes begins after 6pm on election day.
For more information, go to www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/election-events/mareeba-shire-council-by-election
