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Local Electoral Act 2001

Recounts and inquiries - Petition for inquiry into election or poll

95: Who may be respondent

You could also call this:

"Who can respond to a petition about an election or poll?"

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You can oppose a petition by filing a notice in the District Court where the petition was filed. You can do this if you are a candidate or 10 electors and the petition is about an election. You can also do this if you are 10 electors and the petition is about a poll. You can also oppose a petition if you are an electoral officer or official and the petition complains about what you did. The person or people who file the notice are the ones who respond to the petition. They are called the respondent or respondents to the petition.

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Part 4Recounts and inquiries
Petition for inquiry into election or poll

95Who may be respondent

  1. Notice of an intention to oppose a petition may be filed in the District Court in which the petition is filed by—

  2. any candidate or any 10 electors, if the petition concerns an election; or
    1. any 10 electors, if the petition concerns a poll; or
      1. an electoral officer or other electoral official, if the petition complains of the conduct of the electoral officer or other electoral official.

        1. The person or persons who file a notice under subsection (1) are the respondent or respondents to the petition.

        Compare
        • 1976 No 144 s 101