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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Objections to registration

95: Elector’s objection

You could also call this:

"Objecting to someone's name on the electoral roll"

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You can object to someone's name being on the electoral roll if you think they are not qualified to be an elector. You must make your objection in writing to the Electoral Commission. Your objection must include your name and enough information to tell the person why you are objecting to their name being on the roll.

If the Electoral Commission thinks your objection does not have enough information, they will ask you to provide more details within 14 days. You will get a notice asking for more information. If you do not provide the information, the Electoral Commission will send you another notice.

If you still do not provide the information after the second notice, the Electoral Commission will not do anything else about your objection and will let you know this.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Objections to registration

95Elector’s objection

  1. Any elector may at any time object to the name of any person being on the roll for any district on the ground that that person is not qualified to be registered as an elector of that district.

  2. Every such objection—

  3. shall be made in writing to the Electoral Commission; and
    1. shall specify—
      1. the name of the objector; and
        1. sufficient particulars to inform the person objected to of the ground for the objection and the reason or reasons supporting the ground for objection.

        2. Where the Electoral Commission considers that the particulars included in an objection are insufficient to inform the person objected to of the ground for the objection or the reason or reasons supporting that ground, the Electoral Commission must by written notice require the objector to provide within 14 days of the giving of the notice such further particulars as the Electoral Commission thinks fit.

        3. Where any objector fails to comply with a notice given under subsection (3), the Electoral Commission must give a second such notice to the objector and, if the objector fails to comply with the second such notice, the Electoral Commission must take no further action in relation to the objection and shall notify the objector accordingly.

        Notes
        • Section 95: substituted, on , by section 28 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61).
        • Section 95(2)(a): amended, on , by section 36(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 95(3): amended, on , by section 36(2)(a) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 95(3): amended, on , by section 36(2)(b) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 95(3): amended, on , by section 36(2)(c) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
        • Section 95(4): amended, on , by section 36(3) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).