There are over 20 people running for the Kempsey Shire Council in this election but can the average person on the street name anyone on the ballot paper?
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00:00Local government elections are set to take place with pre-polls already opened
00:04but does the average person on the street know who is even running in the
00:08Kempsey Shire elections?
00:12No, no idea. I know a couple of people who are candidates, but yeah.
00:18I know a couple of them. Yep, so what's it, Andrew Ferguson and I can't think of the
00:27other ones. Name the girl. Yeah, I can't even think of her bloody name either.
00:33All I know is Dean Saul. That's all I know.
00:36And do you know, can you name anyone who's running this year in the Kempsey Shire election?
00:41Yeah, so I know Aunty Vicky. Taylor is one. She's definitely got my vote. Aunty Vicky.
00:47I know Dean Saul is another one. That's it, unfortunately.
00:52No, not a great deal, yeah. Yeah, I haven't been here. I've been in hospital for the past month, so.
00:57I think Scott Butterfield as well, but that's about it. I don't know anyone else.
01:04With over 20 people running for the Kempsey Shire Council elections,
01:08it's easy to understand why people don't know who exactly is running for what.
01:13For the Mayor position, we have, in the order they're going to appear on the ballot,
01:17Arthur Bain, Charanjit Singh Bedi, Dean Saul, Troy Irwin, Simon Ferguson and Kinny Ring.
01:27When it comes to the role of being a councillor, we have a number of people running.
01:32In the grouped candidates, we have Group A, led by Alexandra Wyatt,
01:37Group B, led by Kinny Ring, Group C, led by Dean Saul,
01:42Group D, which is the Greens, run by Arthur Bain,
01:46and Group E, run by Noel Selby.
01:50Also on the ballot will be ungrouped candidates, appearing on the ballot in this order.
01:56Troy Irwin, Stephen McNamara, Trevor Martin, Ben Pax.
02:02If you're wanting to find out a little bit more information on who is running before Election Day,
02:07this Saturday on September 14, you can head to the Maclay Argus website,
02:11where we have an article on the Mayoral candidates, the ungrouped candidates and the grouped candidates.