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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1298, 4 June 1880, Page 2

The Regulation of Elections Act, introduced by the Government, abolishes the prgsent public nomination of candidates, and pro. yides that any person desirous of becoming a candidate may nominate himself by sending a nomination paper to the returning officer not less'than seven days before the poll takes place.. In order to provide against nominations of a doubtful character, ifc is proposed to introduce the Victorian system of requiring the candidate to deposit LlO in the hands of the returning officer : with his nomination paper, and in the event of the candidate not polling fifty votes the money is forfeited. This, however, only applies in . the case of a candidate becoming hisj own nominator. In other cases the Act-provides that any qualified registered elector may be nominated for any electoral district by not less than ten electors of the district, and in

cases where this course is pursued no'deposit is required. The only other notable alteration made in the existing law consists in an extension of the time during which votes qjay he recorded, the new Act proposing that the poll shall not close until six o'clock, instead of at four, as at present.