POLLING IN RAG[?] ELECTORATE

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5323, 8 February 1947, Page 4

POLLING IN RAG[?] ELECTORATE

(Frgss Assn-

REY)UMrY»~PET| LEGAL QUALIFICA1 0F VOTERsl

~By Telegravh—inM

WELLINGTON Lasti There is keen interJ ■ political quarters in the 1 terial reeount of the votJ in the Raglan electoratel ' general election. HowevJ reeount, which will be coil at Hamilton next ThursJ Friday, before Mr. S. ij son, S.M., is entirely soJ from the election petitionl -Halliburton Johnstone, m 'Party candidate, aiid' necessarily have a bearinl Whatever the result of ttiel next week, the final verdictj lan will not rest with the MaJ but with the Electoral CourS is to sit at a later date, pro3 March, to deal with Mr. J0M petition. The declaration j Raglan returning officer was'tl Baxter had been elected by Such a petition as Mr. Job M under the New Zealand electcj must be heartl before two jJfl the Supreme Court, who are 3 ed by the Chief Justice, 3 hearing of the petition will 3 take place at Hamilton.' 3 the Magisterial reeount nier« vides for a scrutiny of t/1 papers to determine which « should he exeluded as infoj also as a check of the countic3 votes, the hearing of an] petition allows the?actual leg] fieations of voters to he exa J Consequently, it is to bee] that the hearing of Mr. Jo3 petition and the counter-peffl any, by Mr. Baxter, will 3 searching investigation 'into t'3 dential status and other quali] of those electors whose votes] ehallenged. 3