Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

If there is no candidate profile statement or photograph from a candidate, then thefollowing or similar text will be printed in the profile booklet:Profile/photo not supplied.If a person has been nominated at an election for more than one office, the nomination inrespect of each office may be accompanied by a separate candidate profile statement forthe same person.To facilitate the printing of the profile statements, English text will be printed in plain textwith no special formatting. In preparing statements, candidates should therefore avoidthe use of special formatting (the use of bold, italic or underlined text), the use of tabs orbullet points, and the use of quotation marks.I am an astronaut, and livein Smallsville with my wifeand 2 children. My pledgeto voters is to: The quickbrown fox; jumps over thelazy; dog the quick brown;and, fox jumps over the.I am an astronaut, and livein Smallsville with my wifeand 2 children. Mypledge to voters is to:• The quick brown fox• Jumps over the lazy• Dog the quick brown• Fox jumps over the. Correct Format Incorrect FormatSection 61 of the Local Electoral Act 2001 states the following:(1) Every candidate may provide to the electoral officer a candidate profile statement thatcomplies with subsection (2) and, if applicable, subsection (3).(2) A candidate profile statement,-(a)(b)(c)if-(i)(ii)in English or Māori or both, must not exceed 150 words in each of thelanguages used in the statement:in a language other than English or Māori, must not exceed 150 words, orthe equivalent, if the language uses symbols rather than words (includingany translation of those words into another language provided by thecandidate); andmust be provided to the electoral officer, together with the nomination paper andother things referred to in section 55(2)(f); andmust be confined to information concerning the candidate (including any group ororganisation with which the candidate claims under section 55(4) to be affiliated, orPalmerston North City Council Elections 201321