LOCAL ELECTIONS
OPPOSITION TO BILL ‘I have had correspondence from practically every local authority in miy electorate, and they all oppose this Bill lock, stock and barrel all along the way,” said Mr W. Sullivan (National, Bay of Plenty) speaking of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Bill, in the House of Representatives. Why had the election day been changed from Saturday to Wednesday he asked? The Bill proposed to extend polling hours to 7 p.m., when experience showed that voting could be completed by 6 p.m. Local body officers said' that the Parliamentary rolls could not be used for local body elections—it was just impossible. I f eel that this piece of legislation was not asked for, that it has not the support of the Municipal or the Counties Association, and that no local authority that I know of would support it in its present form.” Mr Sullivan asked the Government to withdraw the proposal changing the local elections from May to November.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 38, 16 October 1946, Page 7
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164LOCAL ELECTIONS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 38, 16 October 1946, Page 7
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