Bathurst Regional Council candidate Bob Singleton said he and his team, comprised of Carol Lewington, Graham Withers, Dianne Austin and Joy Hinds, won't be handing out how to vote cards on election day.

Mr Singleton thinks it will be "ineffective" under the new 100-metre rule.

Due to COVID-19, a person must not hand out tangible electoral material in or on a polling place, pre-polling office, or relevant premises within 100 metres of a polling place or a pre-polling office.

Previously, people could be as little as six metres away.

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Mr Singleton said there is little chance of being able to approach voters.

"Take Bathurst West, which is the nearest one to me," he said.

"You're going to be at the corner of Osbourne and Suttor Street. How many people are going to be on the corner of Osbourne and Suttor streets? That's only in one direction, people will be coming from the other direction as well. You'll be running this big gauntlet."

His team instead plans to get the message out before people arrive at the polling places.

"I believe that if people haven't made their mind up before the election, then we as a team haven't done our job. That's what we are concentrating on, getting that information out to the electorate before they come in to vote," he said.

"We are advertising with the Western Advocate, with 2BS and we are also heavily committed to letterbox drops. We have something like 20,000 brochures ready to go. People will know about us, and then on top of that we have the Facebook advertising.

"It's a multi-faceted approach. If people can't identify our team by the time of the election, then we simply haven't done our job and don't deserve to be elected."

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Mr Singleton said incumbent candidates are likely to benefit from the 100-metre rule, as they already have a strong public profile.

Fellow candidate Stuart Driver, who is running solo, said he doesn't see the rule as a disadvantage, provided it is enforced.

"The electors will have the opportunity not to be harassed," he said.

He hasn't decided whether or not he will attempt to hand out election material on December 4.

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