Electorate Candidate Handbook - 2011 general election and referendum

Introduction

This booklet is part of a series produced by the Electoral Commission... Read more »

Part 1: Nomination of candidates

There are two types of candidate under the MMP electoral system... Read more »

Part 2: Appointing scrutineers and special voting witnesses

Scrutineers need to be well briefed on their rights and obligations – in particular that they must not communicate with voters... Read more »

Part 3: Election Campaigning

There are detailed rules in the Electoral Act 1993, the Electoral Referendum Act 2010 and the Broadcasting Act 1989 on what candidates can and cannot do when campaigning... Read more »

Part 4: Election Expenses and Donations

Amendments to the Electoral Act on 1 January 2011 made a number of changes to the obligations and requirements on candidates regarding election expenses and donations. Read more »

Part 5: Referendum Advertising and Expenses

The Electoral Referendum Act 2010 sets out the rules for advertising in the 2011 Referendum... Read more »

Any activities (including advertising) promoting the election of a candidate or party, or promoting the non-election of a party or candidate, are prohibited on polling day and are a criminal offence... Read more »

Part 7: General Election and Referendum Results

After the polling place closes at 7pm on polling day and all voters have left, the manager of every polling place will carry out the preliminary count of general election votes in the presence of scrutineers and polling place officials... Read more »