764 days ago

Final few hours of 2022 Local Body Elections

Communications from Hastings District Council

We are now into the final few hours of voting in the 2022 Local Body Elections! Voting will close strictly 12pm midday today Saturday 8 October.

For your vote to count, you must drop your completed voting papers into the big orange bins at one of the following locations this morning:

• Hastings District Council Customer Service Centre, 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings 4122. Wednesday-Friday 8am-5pm and 9am-12pm on Saturday 8 October.

• Hastings Library, cnr Eastbourne and Warren Streets, Hastings 4122. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.

• Havelock North Library, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, 4130. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.

• Flaxmere Library, Swansea Road, Flaxmere, 4120. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.

Completed Hastings District Council voting papers can also be dropped into the ballot bins in Napier and CHB locations.

To see the voting returns by ward, visit the following link.

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