Mastodawn

Feeling sad that the good progressive candidate (and former mayor), who got more first-preference votes than anyone else, looks to have lost the Dunedin City Council by-election to a right-wing newbie 😭

#Ōtepoti #NZPol #LocalPolitics

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/jo-galer-track-win-dunedin-election

Jo Galer on track to win Dunedin by-election

Jo Galer is on track to win the Dunedin City Council by-election over former mayor Aaron Hawkins. At 1.30pm today, Ms Galer (8845 votes) was in...

Otago Daily Times Online News

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Ali Clarke

5d ago

Ooh, there’s still hope. Can’t link sorry because the ODT story is behind a paywall, but this evening Galer’s lead is down to 250 votes over Hawkins, with 548 special votes still to be processed 👀

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Ali Clarke

4d ago

Damn 😭 Only 89 votes in it.

A turnout of 33% for a council by-election seems quite impressive.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/ongoing-election-count-tightens-galers-lead-cut

Galer wins by 89 votes in final by-election count

Jo Galer has hung on by 89 votes to get a seat on the Dunedin City Council after the final vote count whittled down her lead. She had been 746...

Otago Daily Times Online News

@simplicitarian 😫

@simplicitarian damn, that's disappointing.

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Ali Clarke

4d ago

@lightweight Yes. Maybe we’ll get another by-election though. Other councillors have tried to persuade one rogue member to resign, but he seems determined to stay. If he keeps breaking the rules surely his days on council are numbered though 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Dave Lane

🇳🇿4d ago

@simplicitarian I'm not current on what's going on down there, but I'll 🤞🏻 for you all!

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Trudie Walters

5d ago

@simplicitarian pleeease let him win!!

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Ali Clarke

5d ago

@drwalters 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼