TO-MORROW'S ELECTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 76, Issue 7, 26 May 1944, Page 5

TO-MORROW'S ELECTION

FACTS TO BE REMEMBERED ... . titan ADVICE TO VOTERS Borough electors are reminded 1 that there are fifteen candidates for nine seats on the Borough Council. Under the new regulations all votes will be recorded by/ the cross (X) System,, by which means the elector will mark an 'X' in the square opposite the name on the candidate he desires to vote for. This method 1 will be adhered 1 to throughout the local body elections buSt the Returning Officer informs us that where' a voter indicates clearly the persons for whom they desire to vote their papers will not be treated as invalid, even though they should) not be in strict conformity with the regulations. An eledtor may also vote for £$s few persons as he or she may think fit but they must not exceed the requisite number set out at the head of the ballot papier—in the case of the Bory ough Council —nine only. For the benefit of electors and also as a last minute reminder of the candidates standing we reprint the list once mores— Allen, Robert Armstrong, Charles Samuel Canning, Alexander John Creeke, Joseph Cuminings, Timothy James Good, Charles William George Major, Norton Spurdle Morpeth, Rex Thomas Mulholland, John George Shapley, Sydney Samuel Spring, Leicester Russell Sullivan, William Thomas, Charles Frank Warner, James Harker Bent Warren, Henry George In passing it is interesting to know that the number of Borough Councillors is governed! by statute which requires that Boroughs with a population not exceeding 30,000 shall have not less than 6 councillors and l not' more than 12—hence the disparagement in various towns. In centres where the population exceeds the number shall be not less than 12 and not more than 21.