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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Updating of electoral rolls

89G: Elector who cannot be contacted to be included in dormant roll

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If the Electoral Commission is told they cannot deliver a message to you because they do not know where you are, or if they cannot contact you at your address on the electoral roll, then this section applies to you. The Electoral Commission will try to find out where you are. They can ask questions to try to find you. If the Electoral Commission cannot contact you, they will remove your name from the main electoral roll and add it to the dormant roll, which is maintained under section 109.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Updating of electoral rolls

89GElector who cannot be contacted to be included in dormant roll

  1. This section applies if—

  2. the Electoral Commission is notified that an inquiry made under section 89D(1) cannot be delivered to the elector to whom it is addressed because the whereabouts of the elector are not known; or
    1. at any other time, the elector cannot be contacted at the elector’s address on the roll.

      1. If this section applies, the Electoral Commission must—

      2. make any inquiry as to the whereabouts of the elector that the Electoral Commission thinks fit; and
        1. if the Electoral Commission is unable to contact the elector, remove the name of the elector from the roll and include the name in the dormant roll maintained under section 109.

          Notes
          • Section 89G: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 8).
          • Section 89G(1)(a): amended, on , by section 11 of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).
          • Section 89G(1)(a): amended, on , by section 34(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
          • Section 89G(2): amended, on , by section 34(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
          • Section 89G(2)(a): amended, on , by section 34(3) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
          • Section 89G(2)(b): amended, on , by section 34(4) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).