Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Electoral rolls

106: Form of main roll and supplementary rolls

You could also call this:

"What the electoral roll looks like: a list of voters' names, addresses, and jobs in alphabetical order"

When you look at the main roll or supplementary rolls for any district, you will see the names, addresses, and jobs of the people on the list. These are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. The names on each page are numbered, starting from 1, so you can easily find someone.

The pages of the main roll and supplementary rolls are also numbered, starting from 1 for the main roll. For supplementary rolls, the page numbers start where the last main or supplementary roll left off. Your number on the roll is the one next to your name, along with the page number where your name appears.

The Electoral Commission can divide the main electoral roll and supplementary rolls into smaller groups, but only if the Government Statistician agrees. You can find more information about changes to this rule in the Electoral Amendment Act 2017.

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Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

105: Supplementary rolls to be printed, or

"Special voting list for people not on the main list is printed for each election"

107: Composite rolls, or

"A combined list of voters for an area, made for elections or by-elections."

Part 5Registration of electors
Electoral rolls

106Form of main roll and supplementary rolls

Every main roll or supplementary roll printed for any district shall show the names, residences, and occupations (if any) of the persons included therein, arranged alphabetically in order of surnames.
The names on each page of the main roll and of every supplementary roll printed for any district shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the number 1 in the case of the first name on each page.
The pages of every main roll or supplementary roll printed for any district shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the number 1 in the case of the first page of the main roll and, in the case of a supplementary roll, with the number immediately following the number of the last page of the last printed roll of the district, whether main or supplementary.
The number appearing on the main roll or, as the case may be, on any supplementary roll printed for any district against the name of any elector, preceded by the number of the page on which his or her name appears, shall be deemed to be his or her number on the roll.
With the consent of the Government Statistician, the Electoral Commission may divide the main electoral roll and every supplementary roll into such statistical subdivisions, as the Government Statistician approves.

Notes

Section 106(5): amended, on 21 March 2017, by section 51 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).