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hereby apply to have my entitlement to vote transferred from the

grounds that

Date

FORM B.

Poll card.

polling station to the polling station on the

(Signature of Applicant).

[reg. 25.]

LURBAN COUNCIL. ELECTIONS (REGISTRATION of Erectors) REGULATIONS 1966.

POLL CARD.

You are registered to vole at any election held before the 15th January 19 You should retain this poll card until then.

THE ORDINARY ELECTION THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD ON

BETWEEN THE HOURS 8 a.m. TO

* p. AND YOU ARE ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY AT THE

POLLING STATION,

YOU MUST BRING YOUR IDENTITY CARD OR OTHER MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION TO THE POLLING STATION.

PRODUCTION OF THIS FORM ALONE DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO VOTE BUT WILL AVOID DELAY.

TO: The Elector registered as---

I

Name:

·

Address:

Issued by the Registration Officer.

Electoral letter & No.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

10th May, 1966.

Clerk of Councils.

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Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport),

These regulations, in conjunction with the Urban Cound) (Amendment) Ordinance 1966, implement, to the extent accepted by Government, the recom- mendations of the Working Party on Urban Council Franchise and Electoral Registration Procedure contained in their Report published in September 1965, and at the same time make other changes of a minor nature and clarify certain aspects of the law on which doubts have arisen.

2. The main changes made in these regulations arising from recommenda- doo of the Working Party are as follows

(1) The abolition of automatic registration of new electors. In order to be included in the register of electors, a new elector (even if he has been included in the list of common jurors) will have to apply on the appropriate form and at the appropriate time for inclusión in the register of elector.

(2) The introduction of a six-yearly check. At least once every six years the registration officer will be required to send a notice to cach person (with limited exceptions) on the last previous final register of electors inquiring whether or not such person satisfies the three years" ordinary residence requirement nosessary for continued registration (see section 15A of the Urban Council Ordinance 1955 as amended by the Urban Council (Amendment) Ordinance 1966), whether or not such person has become disqualified and whether or not such person wisher to continue to be registered. Failure to reply as required will generally result in mission from the register. In addition, public notice is required to be given of the six-yearly check. This first such chock will be in 1966. (reg. 10),

(3) The division of the Colony into electoral districts and the assignment of cloctors to polling stations. The Colony will be divided into electoral districts and one polling station will be designated for each district. In general, electors will be listed in the register under the district in which they reside and will be entitled to vote only at the polling station designated for that district, save that the revising officer may, on due application by an elector, transfer the applicant's entitlement to vote to another polling station if he considers that there are special grounds for so doing. (regs. 3, 4, 13 and 19).

(4) The introduction of a new time-table for registration procedure, etc,

as follows-

(a) Acceptance of applications for registra-

tion

(b) Preparation of provisional register

(c) Provisional register open for inspection and acceptance of late applications, objections to pames on provisional register and notices of change of poll- ing stations

(d) Determination of disputed cases by

revising officer

(e) Publication of final register

-15th Feb. to 15th June

(reg. 6),

--on or before 16th Aug.

(reg. 8).

-16th Aug, to 31st Aug.

(regs. 12, 13).

—16th Sept. to 15th Oct

(reg. 21).

--not later than 1st Jan,

(reg. 25).

Different dates and periods are, however, prescribed for the 1966/67 register. Some variation is prescribed where a period specified ends on a general holiday.