New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 81

81 When poll to be taken

(1) If at noon on the day of nomination there are two or more candidates for election for a district, a poll is to take place on the day named in the writ for that purpose and at the several polling places for the district.

(2) The returning officer must, at noon on the day of nomination and at the place named in the public notice for the delivery of nomination papers to the returning officer, announce:

(a) that a poll is to be taken, and

(b) the names of the candidates, and

(c) the suburb, town or other locality of the place of residence as enrolled of each candidate (as stated on the nomination paper).

(3) The returning officer must, as soon as practicable, notify the Electoral Commissioner of the matters referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The Electoral Commissioner must as soon as is reasonably practicable publicly advertise in the district an announcement of the matters referred to in subsection (2), together with the date of the poll and a list of polling places for the district.