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A BEC spokesman said today (Wednesday) that the amendment regulation would be brought into operation on Friday so that preparation for the coming Municipal Council elections could proceed on the basis of the revised arrangement before the nomination period starts in January next year.
The spokesman said there were other more involved issues requiring detailed consideration which would be included in the BEC report on the District Board Elections to be submitted to the Governor in mid-December.
He added that the amendments were drawn up after taking into account the views and comments of the candidates, election staff and the public.
The main changes are as follows:
to standardise the appointment and revocation of four types of candidates' agents, namely election expense agents, canvassing agents, polling agents and counting agents;
to allow the need for the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) not to send poll cards to those electors who have died and those whose addresses in the Final Register do not exist;
to allow the CEO to determine the form and contents of the copies of the register sent to candidates;
to provide for the endorsement of questionable ballot papers the acceptance of which by the Returning Officer is objected to by a candidate or agent of the constituency concerned;
to make clear that communication of information as to whether or not a person has voted is permitted for the purpose of investigating an election- related offence; and
to provide for public inspection of candidates' declarations of election advertisements and to lengthen the inspection period.
end/Wednesday, December 7, 1994
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