The Greens secured the top spot on the ballot for the upcoming Orange byelection.
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Forbes heads to the polls on Saturday November 12 to vote in the state byelection, choosing a replacement for now federal member for Calare Andrew Gee.
The draw for ballot places for the eight candidates was done in Orange yesterday.
Janelle Bicknell will lead the ballot in first place, the Nationals Scott Barrett is in second spot with Phillip Donato from the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party rounding out the top three.
Ms Bicknell was thrilled to secure first place on the ballot and said “advantages” and the party may benefit from people who simply number the first box.
Mr Donato from the Shooters Party was hoping third place on the ballot and his wife’s lucky number would deliver a win.
“It doesn’t really matter where you are, it’s all part of the build-up and excitement for the election,” he said.
Mr Donato said the Shooters’ Party would be preferencing Labor above the Nationals, but behind independents.
Orange City councillors Kevin Duffy and Scott Munro are placed fourth and fifth.
Labor’s Bernard Fitzsimon is in sixth place, above the Christian Democratic Party’s (CDP) Dianne Decker who is a Forbes local.
The eighth candidate Ian Donald is at the bottom of the ballot.