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Local Electoral Act 2001

Local elections and polls - Electoral rights

24B: Voting rights at triennial general election of territorial authority

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"Voting in Local Elections if You're in a Māori Ward"

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You can vote in a triennial general election if you are an elector of a Māori ward of a territorial authority. You are entitled to vote for the mayor, the member who will represent your Māori ward, and the member who will represent the whole district. You can also vote for the member of your local board or community board if you have one. You cannot vote for a member who will represent another ward of the territorial authority. Only people who are electors of a Māori ward can vote for the member who will represent that ward. This means that you will have a say in who represents your area, but not in who represents other areas.

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Part 2Local elections and polls
Electoral rights

24BVoting rights at triennial general election of territorial authority

  1. A person who, under section 24A, is an elector of a Māori ward of a territorial authority is, at a triennial general election,—

  2. entitled to vote—
    1. at the election of the mayor; and
      1. at the election of the member or members who will represent that Māori ward; and
        1. at the election of the member or members (if any) to be elected to represent the whole of the district; and
          1. at the election of the member or members of the appropriate local board or community board (if any) situated within or partly within the Māori ward; but
          2. not entitled to vote at the election of the member or members who will represent any other ward of the territorial authority.

            1. No other person is entitled, at a triennial general election, to vote at the election of the member or members who will represent that Māori ward of that territorial authority.

            Compare
            • 2001 No 1 (L) s 11
            Notes
            • Section 24B: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 85).
            • Section 24B(1)(a)(iv): amended, on , by section 76 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).