AVOIDING DELAYS

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 269, 13 November 1928, Page 8

AVOIDING DELAYS

HlNffc TO ELECTORS.

v JMOVjm JFfl» THE NAME. : 6POILED BALLOT PAPERS*;' > J Tl»;&ll»^ ! «^k;<:ni»F- , be studied by gb to the poll to-mom*! withvitdyaiitage to themselves add' $ft|» retuvtHig ' •>'■.,■ "■-•,*■ fX - \ The" jptenaliy for a false answer is a 1 fine! not exceeding; £30. : . ' ;•"■':.' ',^'jIn *i*any case'"where,' a woman ',Bas: changed her name by marriage and 'jrerj married name -does hot appear on the roll, she is entitled to vote in right'of: her former name as appearing on the roll. ; " • ■'■■■■ • ■£■■■ ■ ■ '-: : If a person's name cannot be found on a roll, search, should be made under some other spelling. For instance, a man might give his name as "Connor" when it Jβ really -O'Connor." If,, by inadvertence, a voter spoils a ballot paper, he. can obtain another one, upon returning the spoiled paper to the deputy returning officer. A blind or disabled voter may be assisted to vote by the deputy returning officer in a..voting compartment, in the presence of scrutineers. On account of the change of electoral boundaries, electors should make sure that the booth they enter to record their votes is within their electoral district. Electors should not fold their ballot papers too small. Unnecessary folding means delay in opening up the papers for the count. . The Waitemata returning officer has made arrangements for extra deputies both at the Parish and Masonic Halls, with a special staff to deal with absent voters' papers.