45Preparation of preliminary roll

45 Preparation of preliminary roll

45 Preparation of preliminary roll

(1) As soon as practicable after it is determined a ballot must be held for an election, the returning officer must give notice of the ballot to the appropriate officer.

(2) The appropriate officer must give the returning officer—

(a) a preliminary roll, and

(b) for each person included in the roll—an appropriately addressed label or envelope or an electronic version of the label or envelope.

(3) The preliminary roll must include the full names, in alphabetical order and consecutively numbered, and addresses of—

(a) for the first election for a committee with an area of operations that is not divided into electoral districts—the persons included in the final roll for the relevant poll held under the Act, section 4(2)(b), or

(b) for other elections for a committee with an area of operations that is not divided into electoral districts—the committee’s constituents, or

(c) for the first election for an electoral district—the persons who, in the Secretary’s opinion, are entitled to vote in the election, or

(d) for other elections for an electoral district—the committee’s constituents who are entitled to vote in elections for the district.

(4) The preliminary roll must also include—

(a) if a primary producer has nominated a nominee—the full name and address of the nominee listed next to the primary producer, and

(b) if the committee’s foundation regulation provides for different voting entitlements for the committee’s constituents—the voting entitlements of the constituents.

(5) The preliminary roll must be certified by the appropriate officer as having been prepared in accordance with this section.