Macedon Ranges council South Ward vacancy will soon be filled with an online countback to be held online at 10am on Monday, November 13.
The countback follows the resignation of councillor Anne Moore on October 4, due to health and family reasons.
Ms Moore was elected to represent the South Ward in October 2020, after collecting 13.85 per cent of the first preference votes, narrowly beating Christine Walker with 12.48 per cent.
The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) will hold the countback of all formal votes from the 2020 election to fill the vacancy.
Votes will be redistributed to candidates who were unsuccessful in 2020, but are still eligible to be elected.
It is based on the proportional representation method of counting, which means candidates must achieve a proportion of votes known as a quota.
Election manager Kathy Georgiou said the candidate who gets the quota will be elected.
“If no candidate reaches the quota, the candidate with the highest number of countback votes will be elected,” she said.
The new councillor will join existing South Ward Cr Rob Guthrie, who was elected first in the 2020 election, and Cr Dominic Bonanno, who was elected second.
A link to join the countback will be available from 9.30am on November 13, and the results will also be published online.
Details: vec.vic.gov.au
