Candidates have been effectively banned from campaigning outside their homes during stage four lockdown
To abide by social distancing, the Victorian Electoral Commission is also pushing for a temporary new cap on the number of scrutineers each candidate can have when counting begins on October 24."However, if candidates choose to have more than one scrutineer present our ability to maintain occupancy limits and social distancing requirements will be seriously impacted," a VEC spokeswoman said.
The VEC may also roll out extra shifts for staff to reduce the number of people in a venue at any given time. "I managed to get my flyers right at the very end of stage three ... I got to maybe a third of my ward, and then stage four restrictions came in," the independent, first-time candidate said."So I've been sitting here with about 5000 flyers in my study, then basically just increased my social presence."
Socialist councillor at the City of Yarra, Bridgid O’Brien, fears all that work could be undone by COVID-19.By Wednesday afternoon, 61 per cent of candidates registered for mandatory training with Local Government Victoria were men and 36 per cent were women.
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