{"id":7704,"date":"2024-08-19T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7704"},"modified":"2024-08-19T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:24:50","slug":"info-session-for-potential-mayoral-councillor-candidates-planned-for-queens-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/08\/19\/info-session-for-potential-mayoral-councillor-candidates-planned-for-queens-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Info session for potential mayoral, councillor candidates planned for Queens Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6782\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6782\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/electionsnssign-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/electionsnssign-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/electionsnssign-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/electionsnssign.jpg 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Region of Queens is holding an information session for prospective candidates in October&#8217;s municipal election. (Elections Nova Scotia Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Region of Queens is planning an information session for anyone thinking of running for mayor or council in this fall\u2019s municipal election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The session is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Queens Place Emera Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It will explain the process from now until after the election, including the nomination process, candidate requirements, electoral boundaries, position requirements (including time requirements and expectations for council members as well as compensation). Municipal officials will also answer questions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To reserve a spot, call Angela Green, the region\u2019s deputy returning officer, at 902-354-3453 or by email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:agreen@regionofqueens.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">agreen@regionofqueens.com .<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The election is set for Oct. 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Region of Queens is planning an information session for anyone thinking of running for mayor or council in this fall\u2019s municipal election. The session is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Queens Place Emera Centre. It will explain the process from now until after the election, including the nomination process, candidate requirements, electoral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2565,316,1785,27,351,24],"class_list":["post-7704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-angela-green","tag-election","tag-elections","tag-municipal-election","tag-queens-place-emera-centre","tag-region-of-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7705,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7704\/revisions\/7705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}