TO-MORROW’S POLL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 28, 26 April 1927, Page 1

TO-MORROW’S POLL

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS HEAVY VOTING EXPECTED REQUESTS TO ELECTORS “Vote early, and use the crayon pencil supplied in the polling booths,” are the main requests of the Returning Officer, Mr. P. F. Notley, in connection with the municipal elections which take place to-morrow. Between the large number of candidates, and the interest engendered by the fight for the mayoralty, it is expected that to-morrow’s poll will be very heavy, and the work of the 6Revery heavy, and the work of the Returning Officer and his staff will certainly extend into the early hours of the morning. Mr. Notley has arranged for 44 polling booths, and his staff for the day will number over 600. The polling will open at 9 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m., and electors are appealed to to give the staff as much chance as possible by going early. Also they are asked to use the crayon pencils supplied, as these make a heavier mark than most other pencils, and in addition make the reading and counting of the voting papers easier. RESULTS AT 10 P.M.

Immediately the poll closes the staff will concentrate on the mayoral figures, and it is expected that the result will be known by 10 p.m. After that the counting of the City Council, Hospital Board and Harbour Board figures will be taken in hand, but it is not expected that these will be out before the early hours of the morning. COMPANY VOTES The representatives of those companies whose names appear on the roll wil lonly be allowed to vote op production of a sealed copy of the resolution passed by the company. DECLARATION VOTES The only declaration vote which will be allowed will be in the case of an elector who has complied with the requirements as regards registering, but whose name does not appear on the roll through no fault of his own. VOTING In voting the elector will on this occasion strike out the name of the candidate for whom it is not wished to vote, leaving intact the names of those candidates for whom it is desired to vote. So long as the electors leaves untouched a number of names equal to the number of vacancies his paper will be valid. If too many names are left on the paper none of the votes will count. The elector may, however,

leave, a lesser number, and may vote for only six or any other number for the City Council, provided not more than 21 names, the number of vacancies, are left on the paper. In the case of an elector spoiling a voting paper another may be secured from the clerks, but the spoiled paper must be returned to the clerk. This is of course to prevent any unscrupulous person voting twice.

The names of electors should be spoken plainly and in full when applying to the clerks for voting papers. The list of polling places is advertised in THE SUN.