3006

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 75

number of the voter on the roll and be in the form or to
the effect following :

Consecutive Number : .
VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE
DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE WAIRARAPA
SECONDARY EDUCATION BOARD SCHOOL.

CANDIDATES.
[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of every duly
nominated candidate.]

DIRECTIONS.
The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the number].
The voter must draw a line through the name of every candidate
for whom he does not intend to vote.
The number of candidates whose names are left uncancelled
must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected.
This voting-paper must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing
on the outside thereof the words "Voting-paper," and if posted to
the Returning Officer must be posted on or before the day of election,
or, if delivered to him, shall be delivered at his office,
Street,
before the day of election, or not later than 5 o'clock in the
afternoon of that day.

(10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon of the
day of election; but all voting-papers shall be included and
counted which are not informal and are received by the
Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of
the sixth day after the day of the election.

(11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the following
cases, that is to say:
(a.) If the elector votes more than once at the same
election;
(b.) If the candidates whose names are left uncancelled
exceed in number the total number of candidates for whom
the person is entitled to vote, or if in any other way the
paper fails to indicate clearly for whom the vote is intended
to be given ; or
(c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the
sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is not delivered
at his office before the close of the poll; or
(d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed
envelope containing the voting-paper is not received at the
office of the Returning Officer before the close of the sixth
day after the day of election, or if, from the post-mark on
the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied
that it was not posted until after the day of the election.

(12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the Returning
Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers duly
delivered to him or received by him through the post
as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers,
shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total
number to be elected) who have received the greatest number
of votes, and shall declare such candidates to be elected.

(13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more
candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning
Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two members
of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected,
and thereby complete the election.

(14.) (a.) Each candidate may, by writing under his hand, appoint
one scrutineer, who may be present at the examination of
the voting-paper, and the counting of the votes by the
Returning Officer.
(b.) The Returning Officer shall, immediately after
counting the votes, seal up all voting-papers, and transmit
the whole to the Clerk of the nearest Magistrate's Court,
who shall keep the same for six months thereafter, and shall
not open or permit to be opened such packet except on the
order of some Court of competent jurisdiction, and shall
at the end of six months effectually destroy the same.
(c.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the
Returning Officer shall, by notice exhibited on the outside
of the office of the Board and by advertisement in a news-
paper published in the district, notify the names of the
persons elected, the number of valid votes recorded for each
candidate, and the total number of votes rejected as informal,
and shall notify to the Board and to the Minister the names
of the persons elected.