Claromentis - Submit ticket

2026 local government elections

candidate statement and photograph

To submit your candidate statement and photograph, complete this form in accordance with the approved requirements.

Before you start this process, please have your statement and photograph ready to upload.

If a statement or photograph does not meet the approved requirements for publication, the TEC will contact the candidate and, where publication timelines allow, give one opportunity to provide a replacement. See approved requirements for full details.

We will not make changes to your statement for you.

Your statement and photograph must be submitted before 12 noon on Monday 21 September 2026.

About You

Your family name (surname):*

BALLOT PAPER GIVEN NAMES

Your ballot paper given name*

The ballot paper name/s you include here must match your nomination form.

Election

Which council are you standing for?*

POSITION STANDING FOR

By participating in this election you are automatically standing to be a Councillor. Please select any other position you are standing for. You can only select one additional option.

What position/s are you standing for?*

Councillor Mayor Deputy Mayor

MATCHCODE

Match code*

Enter your own easy to remember ‘match code’ that you also used on your nomination form. This will assist us to match your statement with your nomination form.

Email address

Where we determine that a submitted item does not meet the requirements for an acceptable statement or photograph, we will notify the candidate using this email address.

CANDIDATE STATEMENT

Compliance requirements

Your statement must:

not refer to another candidate by name unless you provide that candidate’s written consent
not refer to the office of Justice of the Peace
not refer to the offering, promising or giving of gifts, donations or prizes
not include swear words, offensive or vulgar language
not include material that could reasonably be construed as inciting hatred against a person or group
be written in English.

Statements must be submitted as plain text and be no longer than 600 characters including spaces and punctuation.

Formatting requirements

To ensure all statements can be reproduced consistently in the candidate statements booklet, the TEC will apply the following standard formatting without consulting candidates:

paragraph breaks will be removed so statements appear as one continuous paragraph
emojis and pictorial symbols will be removed
dot points, numbered lists and other list formatting will be converted to continuous text, using commas or semi-colons where appropriate.

The TEC will apply these changes to formatting only. We will not otherwise correct, rewrite, redact or remove any part of a candidate statement without consulting the candidate. This means we will not correct or change words, spelling, grammar, punctuation or capitalisation; nor will you have an opportunity to do this after submission.

Insert your candidate statement here:*

PHOTO

Would you like your photo to appear in the candidate statements booklet?*

FINAL CHECKS

Please indicate that you understand this is not a nomination form. A separate nomination form is required to be submitted to the Returning Officer or Electoral Officer before the close of the nomination period.*

I understand

Check the following before submitting:

Confirmation of submission will be sent via the email address you have provided.
Recheck your responses by using the 'Previous' button.
Write down your 'Match code' for your reference (you will need to include this on your nomination form if you haven't already done so).
Make sure you’re happy with your statement. Once submitted, you can no longer edit this statement.

Personal Information Protection Statement
(required by the Personal Information Protection Act 2004).

Your personal information will be used for the primary purpose for which it is collected—that is, the management of candidate statements—and may be disclosed to contractors and agents of the TEC.
Personal information will be managed in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act 2004 and may be accessed by the individual to whom it relates on request to the TEC. You may be charged a fee for this service

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