It comes after Local Government Victoria updated its guidelines on Wednesday for candidates to safely campaign, on the advice of Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.
It would be Victoria's first statewide council postal ballot, a concession announced by former local government minister Adem Somyurek in May to assuage rising concerns about the risks of conducting the elections amid the pandemic. Victorian Labor had been preparing a concerted push to regain dominance in grassroots politics, after formally resolving in 2018But councillors across the state have raised concerns that if the October elections gone ahead, they would heavily favour incumbents who already have a profile and cash-rich candidates who could afford to campaign through letterbox drops using postal services.
There were more than 2100 candidates at the last election, with about 10 volunteer supporters each, and the MAV had argued for months that with so many people involved in the election it would be dangerous to proceed.
Why the corona virus vaccine is useless at this moment? Please watch this video from Dr.Yan (Chinese Virologist in Hong Kong University, WHO Reference Lab)
If the US Presidential Campaigns can be held largely by virtual means, I’m sure the people who look after rubbish collection can do the same.
We already conduct most local council elections by mail - why do they need to be postponed?
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