3456
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

(a) The day and hour for the closing of nominations:
(b) The total number of candidates to be elected:
(c) The day and hour for the closing of the poll.
Such advertisement shall indicate generally the nature of the election which is being held.
(6) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one or more electors entitled to vote for his election.
(7) Every nomination paper shall be in the form or to the effect following:—

I, [Name and address], being an elector duly entered on the roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate for election to the Board of Governors of the [Name of school] at the election to be held on the day of        , 19    .
Dated this        day of        , 19    .
[Signature of nominator.]

CANDIDATE’S CONSENT [to be subscribed at foot of Nomination-paper].
I hereby consent to my nomination.
[Signature of Candidate nominated.]

(8) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written consent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly given as aforesaid.
(9) Nominations shall close at noon on the fourteenth day before the day of the closing of the poll; so that if a poll is to close on the fifteenth day of any month, nominations shall close on the first day of that month.
(10) Any question that arises touching the validity of a nomination-paper, whether by reason of form, execution, time of receipt, or otherwise howsoever, shall be decided by the Returning Officer, and his decision shall be final.
(11) If the number of nominations received does not exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly elected.
(12) In all other cases the Returning Officer shall, as soon as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such elector is entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following:—

VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE [Name of 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 voting-paper must be posted or delivered to the Returning Officer in a closed envelope bearing on the outside the word “Voting-paper,” and on the inside of the flap of the envelope the signature of the voter. If posted to the Returning Officer it must be posted on or before the day of election, and, if delivered to him, must be delivered at his office, Street, before the day of election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day.

(13) When posting any voting-paper the Returning Officer shall enclose for the return of the voting-paper an envelope addressed to himself with a place inside the flap for the signature of the voter.
(14) The poll shall close at 5 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 seventh day after the day of the election.
(15) 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 elector is entitled to vote;
(c) If in any other way the paper fails to indicate for whom the vote is intended to be given;
(d) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, otherwise than by post, the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is not delivered at his office before the close of the poll;