Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

SPECIAL VOTEBALLOT BOX14ORDINARY VOTINGThe election is being conducted by postal vote. Voting documents will be posted out to allelectors whose names appear on the final Electoral Rolls. Delivery by New Zealand Postwill commence on Friday 20 September 2013, and all electors should have received theirvoting documents by Wednesday, 25 September 2013. Enquiries about late or misdeliveredvoting documents should be made to the Electoral Officer.Voting documents will be accompanied by the Candidate Profile Booklet which includes thestatements and photographs of candidates. These statements and photographs will also bedisplayed on the website www.pncc.govt.nz.Ordinary voters who have received their documents through the mail and have completedtheir voting document should seal it in the return envelope provided. They may either mailthe envelope (to an Auckland address no stamp required) or deliver it to the CivicAdministration Building, The Square, Palmerston North. If mailing, it is recommended that itbe posted by 5.00 pm on Thursday 10 October to guarantee delivery before 12.00 noon onSaturday 12 October 2013.Electors wishing to deliver their voting documents by hand can leave their envelope at theCivic Administration Building at any time before 12.00 noon on Saturday 12 October. Aballot box will be available in the Customer Service Centre between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm oneach ordinary working. The Customer Service Centre will also be open from 8.00 am to12.00 noon on Saturday 12 October 2013. Outside those hours, voting documents can bereturned to an after-hours box adjacent to the entrance to the Civic Administration Buildingabove the steps. No voting papers returned after 12.00 noon on the Saturday will becounted.Electors should exercise their vote “alone and secretly”. However, if through impaired sight,illiteracy or unfamiliarity with the English language, an elector is unable to vote withoutassistance, a voting document may be marked with the assistance of, or be marked by, aPalmerston North City elector in accordance with the instructions of the voter. Any electorso assisting must not communicate to any person how the elector voted.Candidates are advised against becoming involved in the elections, such as collecting votingdocuments from other persons. Any candidate who collects voting documents runs the riskof a complaint being made. This may result in a prosecution.Palmerston North City Council Elections 201349