VOTING IN HOSPITAL
Sir, —Three years ago unfortunate people, unable to go to the poll, had arrangements made for them to record their votes in hospitals or elsewhere. There was an absence of envelopes or seals of any kind. Thus, when the papers were returned to the returning officer’s assistants, there was no semblance of secrecy. Surely this is an injustice to bedridden patients. Are they not entitled to the same privileges for voting g/s any other voter? This unfair method for the means of voting should be brought under the notice of the Government and all returning officers without delay.—Yours, etc., HOSPITAL VISITOR. November 10, 1949.
[“ln the 1946 election all the necessary papers were issued by the returning officer to his staff to enable the sick voter to vote in secrecy; and the same procedure will be followed at 'this election,” said the returning officer for Fendalton (Mr G. W. Brown), whose district takes in the Christchurch Public Hospital. “The voter concerned marks the papers, places them in a small envelope, which is handed to the electoral officer. The envelope is then sealed. There can be no question of an officer knowing which way a person has voted.’’]
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25969, 24 November 1949, Page 9
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