Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

20OFFICIAL COUNT AND RESULTSThe official count will commence immediately following the completion of the preliminarycount. The principal venue will be the Election Services processing centre located at Level10, 45 Queen Street, Auckland. Further information on this process can be obtained fromthe Electoral Officer.Scrutineers wishing to view the official count should report in the first instance to reception atElection Services premises in Auckland. Each candidate is required to advise theElectoral Officer in writing of any scrutineer appointed by him/her by 12.00 noon onFriday, 11 October 2013.The official count involves counting votes which may not have been previously counted asecond time, and adding all allowed special votes.As part of the official count, special votes that cannot be allowed by the Electoral Officer willbe forwarded to the Registrar of Electors for the Parliamentary electorate concerned, toenable the Registrar to determine whether or not the voter is qualified to vote under thespecial voting provisions.It is anticipated that the official result will be given by public notice in the Manawatu Standardon Saturday, 19 October 2013.All candidates will be individually notified in writing immediately the official result of theelection is available. In accordance with the provisions of the legislation, a refund of thedeposit will be separately forwarded to:- The successful candidates.- Unsuccessful candidates who receive more than one quarter of the votes of thesuccessful candidate, or, if more than one, of the successful candidate with the fewestvotes.Any deposit that is refunded will be forwarded to the candidate concerned only after he/shehas completed their Return of Electoral Donations and Expenses Form and that form hasbeen received by the Electoral Officer.The deposit will be forfeited where a defeated candidate obtains less than 25% of the finalquota, as determined at the last iteration.56 Palmerston North City Council Elections 2013