Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

Where electoral expenses are incurred or paid prior to the three month electionperiod, but relate to activity within that period, the costs are to be included in theexpenses return. For example, if a candidate pays to reserve advertising space priorto the election, but the advertisements appear within the election period, these costsare included. However, if a candidate pays to have 1,000 brochures produced beforethe election period commences, and then distributes 500 before the election periodstarts and the remaining 500 within the election period, only 50% of the cost of thosebrochures is included.Where two or more candidates run a joint campaign, those electoral expenses mustbe apportioned equally. There are also requirements for apportioning electoralexpenses that fall outside the applicable period.Electoral expenses includes the reasonable market value of any materials applied inrespect of any electoral activity that are given to the candidate or are provided to thecandidate free of charge or below reasonable market value.Electoral expenses also include in the cost of any printing or postage in respect ofany electoral activity, whether or not the expenses are incurred by or on behalf of thecandidate.Electoral expenses do not include:The expense of operating a vehicle on which election advertising appears if thatvehicle is used in good faith by the candidate as their personal means oftransport;Expenses incurred by the candidate in preparing a candidate profile statement;The labour of any person that is provided to the candidate free of charge;The nomination deposit fee; andThe cost of any framework, other than a commercial framework, that supports ahoarding on which an advertisement is displayed.ELECTORAL DONATIONS AND EXPENSESSECTIONS 103A-112F OF THE LOCAL ELECTORAL ACT 2001Subpart 1—Electoral Donations103AInterpretationIn this subpart and subpart 3, unless the context otherwise requires,—anonymous, in relation to an electoral donation, means a donation that is made in such away that the candidate who receives the donation—(a) does not know the identity of the donor; and(b) could not, in the circumstances, reasonably be expected to know the identity of the donor28 Palmerston North City Council Elections 2013