Wednesday is the first day that prospective nominees in the Mountainview School Division trustee by-election can drop off their completed nomination packages.
Returning officer Kirk Dawson says the completed package, which must include signatures from one per cent of eligible voters in whatever ward you are running in, can be dropped off at the school board office between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm on September 18th, 19th, 20th, 23rd and 24th.
"People will come in with their nomination papers. We will sit down with them and go over it and make sure they qualify. And then we will have them officially nominated to be on the ballot."
A total of 4 school trustees are needed - two representing the Roblin area, one representing the City of Dauphin, and one representing the Gilbert Plains, Grandview, and Ethelbert area.
Dawson says a total of 16 nomination packages have been handed out so far. And he has some advice for those thinking of letting their name stand in this by-election.
"We have been stating to all people that have been picking up packages to get them early, get a few more names because the names have to be on the voters list from the specific ward that they are running in. And do not leave the nomination meeting with me until late on the 24th, because if somebody comes in at 4:30 on the 24th and they do not have their 25 signatures for example, we can not give them an extension on that. "
Advanced voting will take place on October 24th, with the by-election date set for October 30th.
