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Urgent Notice: 2023 BOARD ELECTIONS - ERROR ON METROPOLITAN REGION BALLOT PAPERS
06-09-2023
Metropolitan Region members are advised of an error in the 2023 Board Elections Ballot Paper, which only allows for the member to vote for one (1) Candidate where, in fact, there are two (2) positions up for election.  The error relates to Clause 1 on the back of the Ballot Paper which will now read as follows:-

1.  You are requested to clearly express your voting intention by placing a "tick", a cross (ie X) or a number (eg 1) in the square opposite the names of the TWO (2) candidates for whom you wish to vote.

DOGS NSW Office sincerely apologies for this error and any inconvenience it may cause.

To rectify the problem, new Metropolitan Ballot Papers - in a bright blue print - are being issued by post.

Please be advised that all red voting ballot papers will now be declared invalid and only bright blue voting ballot papers will be counted.

Therefore, if you have already voted on a red voting ballot paper you are required to re-vote on a blue voting ballot paper.

However, if you have not voted as yet, please dispose of the red voting ballot papers and await the new bright blue voting ballot papers.

Again, DOGS NSW Office sincerely apologies for any inconvenience which may be caused in this instance.
**Please note that all completed Ballot Papers for all eligible regions must be received by the Returning Officer, no later than 12 noon, Friday 6 October 2023.

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