Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Qualification of electors

75: Registration in respect of more than 1 electoral district

You could also call this:

"Voting: you can only be on the list in one area"

You can only be registered to vote in one electoral district. If you are registered in one district, you cannot be registered in another district at the same time. You must only be registered in the district where you are qualified to vote.

If you are already registered in a district, but you are not qualified to vote there anymore, your registration is still valid. However, when you want to vote, you must not be registered in any other district. This rule is important for the purposes of section 60, which explains when you can vote in an election.

You must make sure you are only registered in one district where you are qualified to vote. This ensures you can vote in that district when there is an election. You cannot vote in an election if you are registered in more than one district at the time of voting.

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Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

74: Qualification of electors, or

"Who can vote in New Zealand elections"

76: Māori option, or

"Māori people can choose which type of electoral district they want to be part of."

Part 5Registration of electors
Qualification of electors

75Registration in respect of more than 1 electoral district

Subject to subsection (2), a person shall not be entitled to be registered as an elector of more than 1 electoral district.
Where an elector is qualified to be registered as an elector of an electoral district, his or her registration as an elector of that district shall not be invalid by reason only of the fact that at the time of that registration he or she was registered as an elector of a district for which he or she was not, or was no longer, qualified to be registered.
Notwithstanding that the validity of the registration of an elector of an electoral district is preserved by subsection (2), for the purposes of section 60, such an elector is not qualified, by virtue of that registration, to vote at an election unless, when the elector votes, he or she is no longer registered as an elector of another electoral district.