Thursday 18 September 2014

Election day New Zealand

When is the election day?
Saturday 20th of September. (Tomorrow)

What hours can you vote on election day?
9:00am-7:00pm

What date does this year’s election officially end?
Saturday 4th October

Why does it there a gap between election day and when the election ends?
Because they have to take in all the votes and calculate who won.


Summarise each of these rules for election day in your own words.

Hoardings
You have to take down all the advertisement signs before election day.

Sign-written vehicles
You must not have any slogan or logo for a party or candidate on election day.

Fixed signage on party headquarters and MP’s electorate offices
Signs with statements, logos, slogans are aloud up on MP's headquarters on election day but not to influence voters.

Delivery of election material prohibited
Politicians can not send or give anything that is to do with election on election day.

Websites and social media
Politicians can not post anything new on election day but can keep what was already posted before election day.

Processions and demonstrations
You can not influence anyone on election day telling them to vote for someone else.

Streamers, rosettes, ribbons etc
They can not have party name, logo, slogan or anything promoting them except there colours.

Clothing promoting the party or candidate
You can not where t-shirts with labelling for party's but can where there colours.

Imitation ballot papers
You cannot give out fake ballot papers to anyone.

Assistance to get to a voting place
You can drive people there but can't influence them on the way.

At the voting place
You can not stay around the voting polls.

Campaigning around advance voting places



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