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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1975
PROCEDURES FOR URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
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THIRTEEN POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON MARCH 5, THREE MORE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS ELECTION TWO YEARS AGO.
THE RETURNING OFFICER, MRS. MABEL HAYES, SAID TODAY THAT IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL FOUR CENTRES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND SIX IN KOWLOON, THERE WILL BE THREE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE CENTRES WILL BE AT TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG AND TAI PO.
THE POLLING STATIONS WILL BE OPEN FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM AND THE COUNTING OF VOTES WILL BEGIN AT THE CITY HALL AFTER THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED.
MRS. HAYES SAID THAT ALTOGETHER A STAFF OF 342 WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING THE ELECTION AND OF THESE 88 WILL BE EMPLOYED ON VOTE COUNTING.
PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE ARE THOSE WHOSE NAMES APPEAR IN THE ELECTORAL REGISTER, WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON JANUARY 15 THIS YEAR.
ELECTORS MUST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AT THE POLLING STATIONS BY PRODUCING THEIR IDENTITY CARD OR SOME OTHER POSITIVE MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION, SUCH AS A PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENCE OR IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY ONE OF THE AUXILIARY DEFENCE SERVICES.
THE PRODUCTION OF A POLL CARD, ON ITS OWN, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.
POLL CARDS HAVE BEEN MAILED TO ALL PERSONS DULY REGISTERED AS ELECTORS BEFORE THE ELECTION. THESE WILL HELP THE POLLING STATION STAFF TRAGE THE ELECTOR'S NAME IN THE REGISTER, THUS SPEEDING UP THE ISSUE OF BALLOT PAPERS.
MRS. HAYES REMINDED ELECTORS THAT THEY MUST VOTE AT THE POLLING STATION DESIGNATED FOR THEM ON THE POLL CARDS AS THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE AT ANY OTHER POLLING STATION.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE HEAVY PENALTIES FOR IMPERSONATION AT POLLING STATIONS.
ELECTORS ARE FORBIDDEN TO TALK TO OTHER VOTERS, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OR DISPLAY POSTERS WHILE IN THE POLLING STATION. THEY ARE ALSO FORBIDDEN TO REMOVE ANY DALLOT PAPER, MARKED OR UNMARKED, FROM A POLLING STATION, OR TO DEPOSIT IN THE BALLOT BOX AMY PAPER OTHER THAN THE BALLOT PAPER PROVIDED BY THE POLL CLERK.
ELECTORS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT THEY MAY VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN SIX CANDIDATES.
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