Politics
HCC: who can vote …
Corey Peterson
Please note that the Local Government Act of Tasmania explicitly allows residents of Hobart that are not citizens to enrol to vote in Local Government elections. This fact has not been well-publicised, in fact I had to inform the Lord Mayor himself last weekend at the Salamanca Markets. He was surprised that he was not aware, can you then imagine how the average resident (student or migrant) might be unaware of this right. There are potentially thousands of Hobartians, particularly at the University and new migrants, that qualify to vote in local government elections where decisions are often made that affect these residents’ lives.