Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

VOTEFORME8CAMPAIGNINGElection campaigning can commence any time and may continue up to and includingelection documents should not be collected from electors by candidates or theirassistants. Each elector should post or deliver his or her own voting document to theElectoral Officer.Each election advertisement must be authorised in writing by the candidate or thecandidate's agent, and must contain a statement setting out the true name and addressof the person or persons for whom, or at whose direction, it is published and a streetaddress (not a PO Box or Private Bag or website) of his or her residence or business.Candidates are required to submit a return of election expenses and donations after theelection has been completed. The expenditure limit for advertising incurred during thethree months before election day is $50,000. If a candidate is seeking election for bothMayor and Councillor, the combined limit is $50,000 (GST Incl).Election campaigning can commence at any time and may continue up to and includingelection day, Saturday 12 October 2013.Information on electoral donations and expenses, and election signs is detailedelsewhere in this booklet. Candidates should read these requirements carefully.Voting documents should not be collected from electors by candidates or theirassistants. Each elector should post or deliver his or her own voting document to theElectoral Officer.For campaigning information, the approximate number of households in PalmerstonNorth City is 31,055. There are 1,846 commercial/industrial units.Election offences are detailed for your information in this booklet. No election materialcan contain any untrue statement defamatory of any candidate and calculated toinfluence the vote of any elector. No election material may contain an imitation votingpaper which has the names of the candidates with any direction or indication as to thecandidate the person should vote for, or in any way contains such direction or indicationlikely to day, Saturday 12 October 2013.Election advertising, using any media, must identify the person under whose authority ithas been produced. The publication of any advertisements (in any newspaper,periodical, notice, poster, pamphlet, handbill, billboard or card, or broadcast over radio ortelevision) for candidates requires the written authorisation of the candidate or thecandidate’s agent. The advertisement must contain a statement setting out the truePalmerston North City Council Elections 201323