100,000 Special Votes In The Election Today

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30302, 30 November 1963, Page 12

100,000 Special Votes In The Election Today

(A’eio Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, November 29.

More than 100,000 special votes have been issued to New Zealanders, who will be unable to vote at normal polling places in the General Election.

Special votes have been issued to travellers within New Zealand, to New Zealanders travelling overseas on business and pleasure, to servicemen in Malaya, members of New Zealand's expedition to the Antarctic, seamen who will be between ports or away from their home ports on election day and to the sick confined to their homes or to hospitals and other institutions. Special votes have also been issued to New Zealanders staffing the lonelyweather stations on Raoul and Campbell Islands. The All Blacks will register their votes through New Zealand House in London. Apart from those in the Antarctic. New Zealanders in 18 countries have asked for special votes. Most of the requests have come from Britain. Others are from lands as far apart as Japan and the United States, Switzerland and the Cook Islands. In Australia, New Zealanders will be able to vote in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.

Ten days is allowed for these special votes to be re-

■ them for entry on the rolls for the Wallace electorate. i The returning officer for i Wallace. Miss E. J. Andrews. ■ is the only woman returning . officer serving in this election. 1 However, she is not the first. I One was appointed in 1912. Miss Andrews is registrar ! of the Magistrates Court at ' Gore.

turned to New Zealand for counting. Workers on the Manapouri tailrace tunnel contract, who live in the former transTasman vessel Wanganella. moored in Deep Cove, will for the most part have special votes. Few of them have resided there for the three months necessary to qualify