Polling Conundrum.
The Chief Electoral Officer (Mr G. G. Hodgkins) announced in Wellington that “persons whoso religious principles prevent them from voting before sunset on polling day, in districts where sunset time is before the closing hour of the poll, will have ample time to vote, as the law provides that all voters in a booth at 7 p.m. are permitted to record their votes, notwithstanding the fact that the booth has closed.” In some districts, however, the time of sunset will be after 7 p.m. In Invercargill, for instance, where the sun sets on polling day at 7.14 p.m.. voters who wait until after sunset will find the booths closed. This also applies to Dunedin, where the time of sunset is 7.3 p.m. The odd three minutes may seriously embarrass the ultra-scrupulous. Christchurch cuts it fine by having sunset at 6.52 p.m. Wellington and Auckland allow a wider margin, '■’-•nset in these places being at 5.41 p.m. and 6.36 p.m. respectively.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 6
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162Polling Conundrum. Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1938, Page 6
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