VOTING BY SOLDIERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23808, 8 November 1940, Page 6

VOTING BY SOLDIERS

WAIPAWA BY-ELECTION -1/1 r •. :: Hi INSTRUCTIONS CABLED ABROAD j:j ~ ~ ffi [BT TELEGRAPH—OWN* CORRESPONDENT] pi WELLINGTON, Thursday |l| The names of the candidate in the. pi Waipawa by-election, Mr. C. G. E. IS Harker (National Party) and Mr. H. pf M. Christie, and full instructions on N voting by men of the Waipawa dis- j. .'I trict in the armed forces overseas have | j been cabled to New Zealand military camps abroad. These soldiers will vot« before the actual polling day in Xev !£§ Zealand, so that the resuit of their §S' voting will be known simultaneously f| with the local returns. }j-} The names of the 48 polling places in the electorate and a description, of its boundaries have also been cabled so ; | that those superintending the polling || will be better able to determine quejlions of eligibility to vote. ; • Electors of Waipawa who will be |.| leaving New Zealand before election day, November 16, may vote as postal jp voters any time from now until they jj|| leave. Postal voting forms will be arail« jgj. able to soldiers in camp before election .. day. PROCEDURE DEFINEDREGULATIONS GAZETTED [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] WELLINGTON, Thursday ; H Voting in Parliamentary election! j.... by members of the forces overseas ii provided for in the Electoral (Member! » of the Forces) Regulations,. 1940, | which are published "with to-night 8 r Gazette. Returning officers will ba | appointed to supervise the recording or i votes by New Zealand soldiers. They will make the necessary, arrangements | for polling places, the o js voting papers, the counting of votes, | etc. After the poll has been held re- | turning officers will forward the resu 3 * to the chief electoral officer in ;; Zealand by or other | peditious means. All members of the forces, irrespec* I tive of age, are eligible to vote. They 1 will vote for candidates standing fw ;g election in their own New Zealan g electorates and will bs required ® Iffl make a declaration that they re- l| siding in those electorates immediacy 1| prior to procedure overseas. Anot er ;jg provision empowers the chief electors jl officer to embody vthe results for_ s0 :|| diers' voting in the general result o jn district polls when announced. ||