MAN VOTED TWICE.
ABSENTEE AND ORDINARY.
ACTED UNDER MISUNDERSTANDING (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. After having voted as an absentee at one booth on election day, Alfred Grisedale went to Kelburn and recorded an ordinary vote at the booth there. When seen by the police his excuse was that he was advised by friends that he must vote at Kelburn. He acted under a misunderstanding. He had not voted in New Zealand before.
To the magistrate the returning officer said he had no reason to doubt accused's explanation.
Accused was committed for sentence on bail.
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Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 9
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95MAN VOTED TWICE. Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17585, 14 December 1928, Page 9
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