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Notice of Councillor By-Election
By-election 2015
NOTICE OF COUNCILLOR
BY-ELECTION WAIROA DISTRICT COUNCIL
As a result of an extra-ordinary vacancy, under sections 52, 53 & 120 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, notice is given that on Tuesday 17 February 2015, a by-election will be held under the first past the post electoral system by postal vote for one member of the Wairoa District Council.
Nominations
Candidates must be nominated on a nomination paper obtainable from Monday 24 November 2014:
• from Wairoa District Council offices, Coronation Square, Queen Street, Wairoa
• by phoning 06 838 7309 or 0800 922 822
• by downloading here
Nominations of candidates must be in the hands of the electoral officer or an electoral official at the Wairoa District Council offices, Coronation Square, Queen Street, Wairoa not later than noon on Monday 22 December 2014.
Each nomination must be accompanied by a deposit of $200 GST inclusive (payable by cash or cheque).
A candidate may submit a photo and a candidate profile statement with their nomination paper for inclusion with the voting document being sent to electors. An attachment to the nomination paper outlines rules and procedures governing candidate profile statements and photos.
Electoral Roll
The electoral roll to be used for this by-election closes on Monday 22 December 2014 and can be inspected during normal business hours from Monday 24 November 2014 at the Council offices above.
Enrolment for inclusion on the Residential Electoral Roll is conducted through Enrolment Services of the Electoral Commission. Applications for enrolment should be made through your local post shop.
Enrolment for inclusion on the Ratepayers Electoral Roll is conducted through the electoral office of Wairoa District Council. Applications for enrolment can be made on the prescribed form available from the Council offices or by phoning 0800 922 822.
Following closure of the roll, the electoral officer may, on application of any person who is or claims to be entitled to be enrolled or any other person or otherwise, make any necessary corrections to the names, addresses, abbreviations, or marks appearing in the electoral roll.
Dated at Wairoa, 19 November 2014
James Baty
Electoral Officer
Wairoa District Council
Documents
• WDC By-election 2015 Nomination Form
• WDC By-election 2015 Fact Sheet
• WDC By-election 2015 Timetable
• WDC By-election 2015 Media Release 1
• WDC By-election 2015 Public Notice 1
• WDC Election Hoardings Policy
Key dates
• Thursday 20 November 2014
• Public notice of By-Election and Inspection of Electoral Roll [Sec 42, 52, LEA]
• Monday 24 November 2014
o Nominations open Roll open for inspection [Sec 42, LEA]
• Monday 22 December 2014
o Nominations close (12 noon)
o Roll closes [Sec 42, LEA]
• Thursday 8 January 2015
o Public notice of Day of By-Election [Sec 65, LEA]
• Tuesday 27 January 2015
o Delivery of voting documents
• Tuesday 27 January - Tuesday 17 February 2015
o Progressive roll scrutiny [Sec 83, LEA]
o Special voting period
o Early processing
• by 12 noon, Monday 16 February 2015
o Appointment of scrutineers (noon) [Sec 68, LEA]
• Tuesday 17 February 2015
o By-Election Day [Sec 10, LEA]
o Voting closes 12 noon – counting commences [Sec 84, LEA]
o Preliminary results available as soon as practicable after close of voting [Sec 85, LEA]
o Official declaration [Sec 86, LEA]
• Tuesday 24 February 2015
o Declaration/public notice of results [Sec 86, LEA]
• by Monday 20 April 2015
o Return of election expenses & donations form [Sec 112A, LEA]
Non-resident Ratepayer Electors
If you are a residential elector in a council district where you live, but pay rates on a property in another district, you may be eligible to enrol as a non-resident ratepayer elector in that other council district.
You may become a non-resident ratepayer elector for a council district if you are a ratepayer for that area and the address in respect of which you are registered as a Parliamentary elector is outside that area.
A firm, company, trust, corporation or society which pays rates on a property in a council district may nominate one of its members or officers as a ratepayer elector, provided that the nominator and the nominated person are both registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses which are outside the council district within which the property is situated.
In the case of partners, joint tenants and tenants in common, who collectively pay rates on a property in a council district, one of the group may be nominated to be entered on the ratepayer elector roll. Again, that person and the nominator must be registered as Parliamentary electors at addresses outside the council district within which the property is situated.
Eligibility to enrol or be nominated may depend on individual circumstances.
Only one enrolment can be made for any council district no matter how many properties are owned within that council district. No person may be enrolled more than once for any council district.
• WDC By-election 2015 Non-resident Ratepayer Electors Form - MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED NO LATER THAN 22 DECEMBER 2014.
The elections are held under the:
Local Electoral Regulations 2001
Enrolling
HOW TO CHECK YOUR ENROLMENT DETAILS
HOW TO UPDATE YOUR ENROLMENT DETAILS
WHAT INFORMATION DO I NEED TO GIVE?
REGISTRARS OF ELECTORS - CONTACT INFORMATION
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