THE SECOND BALLOT.
TO BE TAKEN ON ONE DAY
(From our Parliameintarv Reporter.)
WELLINGTON, Oct. 20. The Second Ballot will be taken in all electoral districts where it is required on the seventh day after the First Ballot. House of Representatives this afternoon an amendment of the Second Ballet Act was introduced by Governor’s message, and added to the Legislative Amendment Bill. It provides for the repeal of the provisions that in ten of the districts the Second Ballot should be taken fourteen days after the first. „ The Prime Minister explained that unless this course was adopted the elections would have to be postponed till January, and 1 that was not desirable. There was need for a longer .interval between the two i>olls, and by fixing the Second Ballot for one day. the date of the elections could he made ten days later than if this were not done. The clause was .adopted without comment.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3360, 28 October 1911, Page 3
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155THE SECOND BALLOT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3360, 28 October 1911, Page 3
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