THE LICENSING POLL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 848, 2 December 1905, Page 3

THE LICENSING POLL.

WARNING iu VOTERS. Wo have been requested to publish the sc-Lowiyg section 01 tiie Licensing Acl A-ae-iiumeuD Act, 1904, in order that electors uiiiy know wnat they have to avoiu m oraer to escape tlie rick of invalidating t:sd ix><. or 01 exposing themselves to the goasuusd of the law 14. i>v=xy person shaL be deemed to be guilty oi iua ix regularity v.uhui the meauiug o: i 1:6 last preceding section who—>a) lit iuiy way interior;;;! with any elector, either in the polling booth or vxiue on his way tnereto, with the of influencing mm or advising iiim as to his vou>; or lb} i ruts or distributes or drivers to uiiy person on the u&y of the poll, or at any time during the three <jay.-> immediately preceding the poll, any- j uimg being or purpurting to be in imitation of any voting paper to be uaea at the poll, or having thereon the issue to be decided at the poll, together with any direction or indication. as to how any person shouid vote, or in ' any way containing any. such direction or indication ; or <c) During the hours in which the poll is being taken, makes any public demonstration having reference to the poll by means of living figures, effigies, paintings, placards, or other like means; or (d) Obtains possession of or has in his possession any voting paper other than the one given him by the returning officer for the purpose of recording -the' vote, or retains any' votingpaper in his possession after leaving the polling booth; or (e) Does or omits to do ,1:7 sui that if done or omitted to" be dS£e at an electoral poll would be an offence under either part 11. or part 111.' 1 of the Electoral Act.

"The Nw : Zealand Alliance and its associates throng hoi:: the colony are reported to be keenly on the hlei t to guard against the impersonation "which, it is asserted, was largely indulged in at 1 previous polls. Special care is stated to- haye been made to prepare lists of such of the names -which are considered to be -wrongfully on the rolls as are likely to. be selected for impersonating purposes. These lists, placed in the hands of scrutineers, -will involve anyone, attempting to impersonate in very serious risks." A list of this description for Timarn has been printed it* and will be used by scrutineers at the poll.