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The '''2020 Boroondara council election''' will be held on 24 October 2020.<ref name="VEC2019">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Becoming a candidate''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/CandidatesAndParties/BecomingCouncilCandidate.html, accessed: 5 July 2019</ref> | {{Current event}} | ||
The '''2020 Boroondara council election''' will be held on 24 October 2020. As per previous elections, it will be conducted by mail-out ballots. Following changes made by the Victorian Government to the electoral boundaries, a [[Riversdale Ward|new ward]] will be created at this election.<ref name="VEC2019">Victorian Electoral Commission. ''Becoming a candidate''. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/CandidatesAndParties/BecomingCouncilCandidate.html, accessed: 5 July 2019</ref> It will be the first election since Boroondara's establishment in 1996 that Boroondara will have an odd number of wards. | |||
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* '''23 October 2020''' - Voting closes at 6pm | * '''23 October 2020''' - Voting closes at 6pm | ||
* '''13 November 2020''' - Results declared | * '''13 November 2020''' - Results declared | ||
Due to the impact of lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been calls to postpone elections until 2021.<ref>[[wikipedia:Municipal Association of Victoria|Municipal Association of Victoria]]. ''MAV renews call for State Government to defer local government elections''. 10 July 2020. https://www.mav.asn.au/news/mav-renews-call-for-state-government-to-defer-local-government-elections, accessed: 11 August 2020</ref> To date, no changes have been made to the election schedule. | |||
==Candidates== | ==Candidates== | ||