Orange Councillors & Candidates

UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOUR VOTE COULD END UP:

PREFERENCES: Where your vote could be going….
Groups make ‘Preference Deals’ – ie. votes for group candidates can be transferred to other chosen candidates to enable those candidates to reach the required number of votes to be elected.

Below are details confirmed by the relevant candidates as to what their preferences are for this Saturday’s election.  Below that you can see how you can have the Control on the distribution of your preferences.

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Remember: You can not mix above-the-line and below-the-line when you vote.
You must vote EITHER – BELOW-the-line (min of 6) OR ABOVE-the-line (at least 1 Group)

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Above-the-line Preferences:

(when you tick the above-the-line Group Boxes)

Group A (Independent) – John Davis, Jason Hamling, Brad Draper, Cindy Smedley, James Grant, Leona Burcher.
PREFERENCES TO: 1 – Rossiter (Group H) : 2 – Gryllis (Group G) : 3 – Hetherington (Group D)

Group C - Glenn Taylor, Jeff Whitton, Aaron Wright, Charlie Ginty, Tim Carney, Jim Finn
NOT DISTRIBUTING PREFERENCES:

Group D (Independent) – Peter Hetherington, Rob Williamson, Jeremy Reay, Leesa Jagers, Margaret Munson, Steve Freeman
PREFERENCES TO: 1 – Gryllis (Group G) : 2 – Davis (Group A) : 3 – Rossiter (Group H0

Group F (Independent) – Chris Gryllis, Teighan Frame, Carlo Nielsen, Brian Eggleton, Chrissa Gryllis, Mathew Skulander
PREFERENCES TO: 1 – Hetherington (Group D) : 2 – Rossiter (Group H) : 3 – Davis (Group A)

Group G (The Greens) – Jeremy Buckingham, Neil Jones, Yvette Black, Helen Isbester, Stephen Nugent, Kerry Cochrane
NOT DISTRIBUTING PREFERENCES:

Group H (Independent) – Fiona Rossiter, Gerald Power, Suzy Isaacs, Peter Rodgers, Fred Maw, Alison Bennett
PREFERENCES TO: 1 – Davis (Group A) : 2 – Hetherington (Group D) : 3 – Grylliss (Group F)

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When Voting below-the-line the voters are in control of preferences. 

Group B (Independent) – Gavin Priestley, Scott Maunder – Vote below the line

Group E – Gail Copping, Jane Paul  -  Vote below the line

Ungrouped – Reg Kidd, Heidi van Schaik, Sam Romano  -  Vote below the line

You can vote for any of the 43 candidates ‘below-the-line’.  If you wish to vote for any of the candidates who do not have a group box on the election form above-the-line… then YOU MUST vote ONLY below-the-line…. numbering at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 candidates.

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BELOW-the-line – Only your Preferences apply:

When you tick INDIVIDUAL candidate boxes below-the-line – at least #’s 1 – 6 (for a Formal vote) Or more if you choose)

Taking Control of the distribution of your Preferences – ABOVE-the-line:

Putting it simply – Number the Groups above-the-line (only) in the order of your Preference (1-6).

The Detailed explanation for Voting above-the-line:

Where there are group voting squares on the ballot paper you can vote above the line by placing the number “1” in one group voting square. You may allocate preferences starting with “2” for other groups of your choice.

By placing a “1” above the line in only one group voting square, you have indicated preferences for all the candidates in that group, in their order on the ballot paper. The vote stops with the last candidate in that group and preferences do not continue to any other candidates on the ballot paper.

If you vote above the line and give your 1st preference to Group A, your 2nd to Group B and 3rd to Group F, and each group has six candidates – you have given preferences 1–6 to the candidates in Group A, 7-12 to the candidates in Group B, and 13-18 to the candidates in Group F. In this case the vote stops with the last candidate in Group F and preferences do not continue to any other candidates on the ballot paper.

This replaces the ability of a group to determine how its preferences will be distributed between the group and other groups by way of ‘group voting tickets’ – and gives you the control on the distribution of Preferences.

For other information on voting view the How To Vote page..