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Office Prepares For Voting In Mt Albert


MEDIA RELEASE

20 April 2009
Chief Electoral Office
Ministry of Justice

Chief Electoral Office Prepares For Voting In Mt Albert Electorate

The Chief Electoral Office is preparing to make it easy for voters to take part in the Parliamentary by-election in the Mt Albert electorate on Saturday 13 June.

The announcement of a by-election on 13 June triggers a chain of activity within the Chief Electoral Office to ensure a well run by-election in Mt Albert.

“We will be working in the community to ensure voters enrolled in the electorate know the major differences between this by-election and the 2008 General Election,” says Chief Electoral Officer, Robert Peden.

“Only people enrolled in the Mt Albert electorate are able to vote in the by-election and they have only one vote - for their electorate MP. There is no Party Vote,” says Mr Peden.

“All Mt Albert voters correctly enrolled in time will get an EasyVote card to take when they vote to make voting easier.

”The EasyVote card is an important feature of the Mt Albert by-election, and people are urged to enrol to vote as quickly as possible so they can receive their EasyVote card.”

The Chief Electoral Office expects to provide a similar number and location of polling places for the Mt Albert by-election as was provided for the electorate on election day last year.

Voters unable to vote at a polling place in the Mt Albert electorate on election day will be able to vote at an advance voting place before election day. Polling places will only be available inside the electorate on election day.

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Advance voting and voting from overseas will start on Wednesday 27 May 2009.

Information about where to vote will be available from www.elections.org.nz from Tuesday 19 May 2009 and in the EasyVote pack.

The Chief Electoral Office must be ready to manage any electoral event. Its systems and processes are set up to deliver for voters if a by-election is called.

A timeline for the Mt Albert by-election is set out below.

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13 JUNE 2009 MT ALBERT BY-ELECTION TIMETABLE

 

Monday 20 April 2009

 

Speaker of the House publishes notice of vacancy in Gazette

 

 

By-election date announced

 

Monday 11 May 2009

 

Writ Day

Governor General issues direction to the Chief Electoral Officer to hold the Mt Albert by-election

Electoral Rolls closed for printing

Voters enrolled after this date cast a special declaration vote

                                  

Tuesday 12 May 2009

 

Nominations called for by public notice - advertising calling for candidates in the Mt Albert by-election

                                  

Noon

Tuesday 19 May 2009

 

Nominations close for candidates in the Mt Albert by-election

 

4.00pm Target

Tuesday 19 May 2009

 

Mt Albert by-election candidates announced by Chief Electoral Officer

Information on where to vote available from www.elections.org.nz

 

Wednesday 27 May 2009

 

Advance Voting starts in the Mt Albert electorate and at Registrar of Electors Offices around the country

Overseas Voting starts

 

Saturday 6 June 2009

 

EasyVote information packs available for those enrolled in the Mt Albert electorate

 

Friday 12 June 2009

 

Enrolments close

All political advertising ceases and election signs taken down by midnight

 

Saturday 13 June 2009

 

Mt Albert By-election held

Polling places open from 9.00am to 7.00pm.

Polling places will be located in the Mt Albert electorate

                                  

Preliminary Results progressively available from 7pm on www.electionresults.govt.nz. Targets for release are:

-    by 8.30pm all advance vote results

-    by 10.00pm results from 50% of polling places

-                                                                                by 11.30pm results from 100% of polling places.

These are targets not guarantees.

 

Thursday 25 June 2009

 

Official Results declared (including special declaration and overseas votes)

                                              

Tuesday 30 June 2009

                       

Deadline for applications for judicial recount

 

 

 

Return of Writ by Chief Electoral Officer naming successful candidate* presuming no recount

ENDS

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