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Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Updating of electoral rolls

89DA: Updating Māori option details

You could also call this:

"Updating your details for Māori electoral rolls"

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The Electoral Commission sends you information about the Māori option if you are a Māori elector. They do this by 30 April 2023 and by 31 March in any other year when Parliament is due to end. They also send you this information at least 3 months before a local government election period starts, as stated in section 78B.

The Electoral Commission can send you this information in any way they think is appropriate. They must tell you which electoral district you are currently registered in and that you can exercise the Māori option under section 76 at any time, except as stated in sections 78A to 78C.

They must also include a form or information about how to use an electronic medium to exercise the Māori option, and they can give you information about the differences between the two types of electoral districts if they think it would be useful.

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Part 5Registration of electors
Updating of electoral rolls

89DAUpdating Māori option details

  1. The Electoral Commission must send to Māori electors information about the exercise of the Māori option, if practicable, not later than—

  2. 30 April 2023; and
    1. 31 March in any other year in which Parliament is due to expire.

      1. The Electoral Commission must send to Māori electors information about the exercise of the Māori option not less than 3 months before the commencement of a local government election period under section 78B.

      2. The information required to be sent to Māori electors under subsections (1) and (2) may be sent by any means that the Electoral Commission considers appropriate and—

      3. must inform the elector that they are currently registered in a Māori electoral district or a General electoral district (whichever applies); and
        1. must inform the elector that they are entitled to—
          1. exercise the Māori option under section 76 at any time other than as provided in sections 78A to 78C; and
            1. change the type of district in which they are registered; and
            2. must include a form or information about an approved electronic medium to use to exercise the Māori option; and
              1. may give information about the differences between the 2 types of electoral districts that the Electoral Commission considers would be useful.

                Notes
                • Section 89DA: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (2022 No 62).