For those of you among the 20-30% of voters who have left their postal vote till the last minute and are now searching for information on the candidates, we have brought together all the information included in our previous 2020 election posts.  

• GERA’s posting “WHY YOU NEED TO MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE IN THE GLEN EIRA COUNCIL ELECTIONS” – which outlines the challenges facing Glen Eira’s 2020-2024 Council.

• By Ward
  • Candidates Statements (a.k.a. election platforms) which were included the ballot mail out
  • Candidates “How to Vote” (preference distributions) – always a good indicator of candidates alliances.  Remember, you are not obliged to follow any candidates preferences.   
  • Links to the Community “Meet the Candidates” Forum Videos – the candidates responses to residents questions and their interactions with other candidates is particularly informative.  Each Forums Q&A sessions occurs approx. 30 minutes into the video.

CAMDEN WARD

• • Camden Candidates Statements
  • Candidates “How to Vote” information
  • “Meet the Candidates” Forum  – 6/10/2020 video

Resident feedback from the Forums included positive comments on Candidates (in no particular order) – Simone Zmood, Jane Karslake, Cameron Simpkins and Jon Terolli

ROSSTOWN WARD

• • Rosstown Candidates Statements
  • Candidates “How to Vote” information
  • “Meet the Candidates“ – 7/10/2020 video

Resident feedback from the Forums included positive comments on Candidates (in no particular order) – Markus Oswald, Greg Ptok, Tony Athanasopoulos and Dev Oza

TUCKER WARD

• • Tucker Candidates Statements
  • Candidates “How to Vote” information
  • “Meet the Candidates” – 8/10/2020 video

Resident feedback from the Forums included positive comments on Candidates (in no particular order) – Neil Brewster, Phil De’Áth, Declan Martin and Cristina Santos.

Remember for your vote to be counted

• Your ballot paper must number all boxes and

• Must be postmarked no later than  6.00 p.m. on Friday, 23/10/2020.

MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE

And

MAKE IT COUNT

If you wish to comment on or ask a question on this posting please do so on GERA’s FaceBook

Authorized by:  B. Hatfield, 21/41 Chapel Street, St. Kilda, Vic. 3182

No frills or bells and whistles added – just a straight Zoom “as it happened” video of the 3 co-hosted (Glen Eira Residents Association and Save Glen Eira Association)  2020 Council Election On-Line Community Forums.   3 forums were held – one for each Ward in Glen Eira (Camden, Rosstown and Tucker).   The duration of each video is approx. 2 hours – so put the kids to bed and settle back to watch.           

You can view the videos on-line or download the file (approx. 1GB) 

The links to the videos are 

CAMDEN WARD – 3 vacancies, 13 candidates.  12 candidates attended the 6/10/2020 forum. 

ROSSTOWN WARD – 3 vacancies, 13 candidates.  9 candidates attended the 7/10/2020 forum 

TUCKER WARD – 3 vacancies, 10 candidates.  7 candidates attended the 8/10/2020 forum

The format for each forum was

• Introduction
• Candidate Presentations (limited to 3 minutes)
• Q&A Session – questions were lodged via Chat functionality and presented to the Candidates by forum moderators. Candidate responses were limited to 2 minutes.
• Close of Forum.

Feedback from residents from all 3 forums was extremely positive and specifically mentioned how the candidates’ responses and interactions during the Q&A session had helped them decide who to vote for.

Feel free to contact the Candidates, individually, if you wish to ask further questions.

Remember – Ballot papers are being delivered now. For your vote to be counted it must be completed and be postmarked no later than 6.00 p.m.  on 23^rd October, 2020

 We thank you for your Forum participation.

If you wish to comment on, or ask a question on, this posting please do so on GERA’s FaceBook

 Authorized by:  B. Hatfield, 21/41 Chapel Street, St. Kilda, Vic. 3182