Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Candidate Registration

The word is the St Kitts woman was at the Town Hall to register.

It didn't happen.

I don't know why.

It's legal. A non-resident property owner can vote and be a candidate. Whether acceptable to voters is another question.

I have known a couple of people who claimed to be renting space in order to get on the voters' list. The person said to be renting to them had to validate the claim. .

Both were known in the community. Both were elected. One didn't complete the term and the other didn't run a second time.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 August 2010 at 12:14

    Is it possible that you actually have to be a resident to run, not just a property-owner? Or maybe you need to have been a property owner for a certain amount of time before you can run?

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  2. Something Fishy in Aurora25 August 2010 at 13:03

    Sounds similar to what has happened in Richmond Hill.

    http://www.yorkregion.com/news/elections/article/865316--richmond-hill-refutes-claim-candidate-lives-out-of-town

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  3. Anonymous25 August 2010 at 19:32

    Your post on candidate registration reminds me that September 10 is fast approaching and as I review the list of nominees for Councillor, I think to myself... who am I going to vote for? Mayor is easy.... not the current one, not the one that ran the last time (although he'd have my vote if he switched to Councillor)
    and certainly not the one that was unknown in the community until he registered.

    But Councillor? With Mr. McRoberts not returning (and Alison on the fence and Evelyn not yet registered) who else is there?

    I urge those who participate on these blogs and are obviously fed up with the politics in this Town to consider running for office or talk it up with your friends and neighbours and put forth candidates - don't not run fearing that you may end up working (hey there's a novel idea) with members of this current Council - run for the good of the Town and its collective residents.

    If this Council gets elected again because of the lack of viable candidates, then we can't blame anyone but ourselves.

    Remember September 10 by 2 pm is the last chance to register.

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  4. Anonymous27 August 2010 at 20:36

    Question:
    What if nobody/not enough candidates run for councillor?
    Is there a minimum requirement?

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