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Electoral Act 2017
93Proceedings after nomination day—election is required
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#### 93 Proceedings after nomination day—election is required
93 Proceedings after nomination day—election is required
> > (1) If at 12 noon on the nomination day—
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> > > (a) there are 2 or more candidates for election for a district, or
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> > > (b) there are more than 21 candidates for election at a periodic Council election,
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> > a poll is required to take place for that election.
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> > (2) If a poll is required to take place for an election, the Electoral Commissioner must, on the day after nomination day (or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that day), announce—
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> > > (a) that the poll is to be taken on the day named in the writ for that election, and
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> > > (b) the names of the candidates, and
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> > > (c) in relation to a periodic Council election—the names of any candidates who are included in a group, and
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> > > (d) the suburb, town or other locality of the enrolled address of each candidate (as stated on the nomination paper).
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> > (3) The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after that announcement, give public notice in the manner determined by the Electoral Commissioner of the following matters—
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> > > (a) matters referred to in subsection (2),
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> > > (b) the date of the election day,
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> > > (c) a list of voting centres for the election.