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4 Sep 2008
Get ready and vote the easy way DVD launched New information resources to make it easy for people with a disability to vote at this year’s election have been launched: Read more»
4 Sep 2008
Electoral Commission decision 2008-28, Democrats for Social Credit, late annual donation return The Democrats for Social Credit donation return for 2007 was filed after the due date. There was not a reasonable excuse for the late filing. The offence will be reported to the Police. Read more»
2 Sep 2008
e-news No.12 - September '08 New election-focused resources for a range of audiences with differing needs, efforts to enrol the mainly-younger adults missing from the electoral roll, and rewards for electoral research all feature in this edition. Read more»
28 Aug 2008
Applications to register political party logos Public comment is invited by 5pm, Thurs, 11 Sep '08, on applications to register logos for RAM - Residents Action Movement and for Workers Party. Read more»
26 Aug 2008
Electoral Commission decision 2008-27, The Alliance, late annual donations return There was a reasonable excuse for the late filing, therefore no offence was committed. Read more»
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4 Sep 2008
Administering the Electoral Finance Act Electoral Commission chief executive Dr Helena Catt discussed the role of the commission in administering the Electoral Finance Act, the act's impact, and interpretation challenges in a presentation to a LexisNexis legal seminar held in Wellington on 2 Sep '08. Read more»
4 Sep 2008
Electoral Commission decision 2008-28, Democrats for Social Credit, late annual donation return The Democrats for Social Credit donation return for 2007 was filed after the due date. There was not a reasonable excuse for the late filing. The offence will be reported to the Police. Read more»
3 Sep 2008
Bulk nominations of electorate candidates and party lists Read more»
3 Sep 2008
General election results After the polling place closes at 7pm on polling day and all voters have left, the manager of every polling place carries out the preliminary count of votes in the presence of scrutineers and polling place officials. Read more»
2 Sep 2008
Registered political parties - overview & register Political parties registered with the Electoral Commission at writ day: may nominate a party list to contest the party vote, can be considered for an allocation of election broadcast advertising time and funds, and will have a party election expense limit on top of the election expense limit available to every electorate candidate. Read more»
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