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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

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11AAB: Nominations for more than 1 local board

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If you want to be a candidate for more than one local board, there are some rules you need to follow. The electoral officer will only accept your nomination for another local board if you comply with these rules. You must give the electoral officer a written notice that says which local boards you want to be elected to, and you must rank them in order of priority.

You will also need to submit a candidate profile statement for each local board election, and in each statement, you must say what your rankings are. When you write your candidate profile statement, the information about your rankings does not count towards the word limit set out in section 61(2)(a) of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

A candidate profile statement is a statement you make according to section 61 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, and you must follow the rules in that section when you write yours.

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11AABNominations for more than 1 local board

  1. This section applies if the electoral officer has accepted a candidate’s nomination for election to a local board.

  2. The electoral officer must not accept a nomination of that candidate for election to another local board unless that candidate has complied with the provisions of subsection (3).

  3. The candidate must, by written notice to the electoral officer,—

  4. specify all local boards to which he or she is seeking election; and
    1. for the purposes of section 11AAC(2), rank each local board specified under paragraph (a) in order of the priority that will apply if the candidate is declared to be elected to more than 1 local board (the rankings).

      1. If subsection (3) applies, the candidate must—

      2. submit a candidate profile statement for each local board election; and
        1. state in each candidate profile statement the rankings he or she had made under subsection (3).

          1. The information required under subsection (4)(b) does not count for the purposes of the word limit under section 61(2)(a) of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

          2. In this section, candidate profile statement means a statement made in accordance with section 61 of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

          Notes
          • Section 11AAB: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 19).