PHOTO: Under election rules, if there are as many candidates running as seats on a council, the candidates are elected unopposed. PHOTO: River McCrossen
Neilrex resident Ray Lewis is back on the Warrumbungle Shire Council, and all he had to do was fill out the forms.
The shire won’t hold elections this year because no more than nine candidates put their hat in the ring for the nine council seats up for grabs.
Under election rules, that means all the candidates went through without contest.
A similar situation occurred further west in Cobar Shire…