THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Shannon News, 26 April 1927, Page 3

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

POLLING DAY TO-MORROW. The biennial municipal elections take place to-morrow (throughout the Dominion and electors in call boroughs are called upon to exercise the privilege ,they enjoy of, selecting their councillors* for the ensuing two years. In Shannon both the Mayoralty and the Council is contested the respective candidates being as follows: "MAYOREDWIN BUTT, the sitting Mayor. WILLIAM MURDOCH, a former Mayor. BOROUGH COUNCIL, (eight required) . JAMES CURRAN (Farmer) / JAMES CURRAN (hotelkeeper). WILLIAM HENRY CHRISTIAN. : * ROBERT HENRY DOWNES. WILLIAM HENRY GUNNING, i * HAROLD EDWARD HOOK. *ALFRED ERNEST HYDE. DONALD McLAGGAN. . : *ARTHUR HENRY. ' : * JAMES, .RICHARDSON. *EDMObfD JOHN S. SPENCER. ! *THOMAS COLIN THWAITES. I *Sitting members. i Witli a contest in both departments there is every promise of a heavy poll to-morrow, and Rectors are advised to record their votes early in the day. Polling hours are from 9 a.m. toY p.m. and the polling both is at the Borough Council Chambers in Plimmer Ten ace. The returning officer (Mr J. T. Bovis) expects to be able to announce the results of the Mayoral election at 7.30 p.m. and that of the Council a little later. THE CROSS ABOLISHED. UNWANTED NAMES TO BE STRUCK OUT. lhere are several alterations in the electoral procedure- that will come into operation for the first time tomorrow. The principal change, as far as the in dividual elector is concerned, is the form of voting.. In the past electors have been asked to place a cross opposite the names of the candidates thev wish to see returned. This has been altered by Parliament, which has decried that, the rame procedure followed in Parliamentary elections shall apply ■how and for the future to all municipal elections; that is, voting by negation, or by. scoring out the names of the candidates that the voter does not, desire to see returned.' This does away altogether with the cross opposite names, and any bailor paper marked in the old way will become invalid. ; It is expected that one result of this change will be to reduce the number of informal votes. I COMPANIES TO HAVE A VOTE. | The coming election, too, is the first o’ccasibn on which companies owning nriperty within the city may record Votes. This is provided for in the .Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act of last session, according to which It 'will" be 'necessary for some person to be appointed, by resolution, in the ease of a corporate body, or by writing under the firm’s name (in the case qt a firm), and that a sealed copy of the resolution by a company,' or appointment in writing, as the case may be„ must, be presented to the returning officer at the election to enable the person so appointed to record his vote. Anyone voting by such: appointment is not* debarred from exercising his right to vote in liis own behalf.