A COUNTBACK procedure to fill a vacancy in Greater Shepparton City Council will take place at 10.30am on Wednesday, July 6, following the resignation of Councillor Robert Priestly.
The vacancy will be filled by a countback of all formal votes from the 2020 Greater Shepparton City Council election. Rather than holding a by-election, votes will be redistributed to candidates who were unsuccessful at that general election, and who remain eligible to participate in the countback.
The countback is based on the proportional representation method of counting.
“The candidate who achieves the quota will be elected. If no participating candidate achieves the quota, following the distribution of votes to participating candidates, the candidate with the highest number of countback votes will be elected,” said election manager, Charmaine Morel.
The countback will be held online via webinar. A link to the countback will be made available on the Victorian Electoral Commission website from 10am on Wednesday, July 6, at vec.vic.gov.au/
Scrutineers and interested parties may observe the countback. Results will be published online and in local newspapers.
