I expect to see several new nominations for Saddle Hill Community board today.
Because, well because.
In a telephone call with Clare Sullivan of the Dunedin City Council today I was initially told that my profile would only be updated if I nominated for another position, such as a community board. When I expressed interest in doing exactly that Clare seemed to change her position and stated that she would need to speak to the Electoral officer, Anthony Morton, who is an employee of electionz.
She then asked me which community board that I was thinking of standing for to which I replied ‘Saddle Hill’. She responded that I would need to get two nominations from the relevant area to do that to which I replied that yes I knew this (actually I assumed it but have yet to check).
Electionz by the way is a private company based in Christchurch who are looking after quite a few of New Zealand’s local elections. Their initial…
