Time is running out for residents of a newly-formed government near Sussex to run in upcoming byelections.
The deadline to submit nomination papers for the two vacant council seats in Valley Waters is 2 p.m. Friday.
As of Wednesday morning, Elections NB said there is one person running for each of the two seats.
Paul Harpelle, director of communications, previously said an error was made in Ward 2 when the entity was created.
“One of the wards in Valley Waters did not have the proper number of council positions created. There should have been two, but there was only one created,” Harpelle said in an interview.
The error was only discovered when the November election was underway and could not be fixed at that time, he said.
Legislative changes were brought forward that allowed for the creation of a second council position in Ward 2, which Harpelle said is needed due to the size of the population base.
Meanwhile, the vacancy in nearby Ward 3 remained after the Nov. 28 election as no one came forward to run, he said.
“The chief electoral officer determined that if we were going to be holding the byelection in Ward 2 then she would, at the same time, try and hold a byelection to fill the vacancy in Ward 3,” said Harpelle.
The byelections in Wards 2 and 3 have been scheduled for Feb. 13.
Valley Waters includes the village of Norton and the local service districts of Springfield, Norton, Upham, Kars and Wickham.
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