88Applications received after issue of writ

1. If a writ has been issued requiring the conduct of an election in a district, then the Electoral Commission may not, at any time in the period beginning on the day after polling day and ending on the day of the return of the writ, register an application for registration as an elector that the Electoral Commission receives—

2. on polling day from a person outside New Zealand; or
3. after polling day from any person.

4. Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (2) to (4).

5. For the purposes of subsection (1), an application for registration is to be treated as having been received before or on polling day if—

6. the application or the envelope in which it is contained bears a postmark or date stamp impressed before or on polling day at a place that the Electoral Commission has designated; or
7. the applicant for registration produces a receipt that—
   1. relates to the application; and
   2. was issued before or on polling day at a place that the Electoral Commission has designated; and
   3. was lodged at a polling place or with an electoral officer issuing special votes.

8. If a person applies for registration after the issue of a writ requiring the conduct of an election in a district and before polling day,—

9. the Electoral Commission must, if satisfied that the person is qualified to be registered, enter the name of the person on the electoral roll; and
10. the Electoral Commission is not required to enter the name of the person on the main roll or any supplementary roll or composite roll used at that election; and
11. the person may, at that election,—
    1. be issued with a ballot paper in accordance with section 167, if the rolls can be marked (either manually or by electronic means) to indicate the person has applied to vote; or
    2. be issued with a special vote ballot paper in any other case.

12. If a person who is present in New Zealand applies on polling day for registration as an elector of a district in which an election is being conducted, the Electoral Commission—

13. may issue the person with a special vote ballot paper; and
14. must, if the Electoral Commission subsequently determines that the person is qualified to be registered as an elector, enter the name of the person on the electoral roll.