New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 93

93 Proceedings after nomination day--election is required

(1) If at 12 noon on the nomination day--

(a) there are 2 or more candidates for election for a district, or

(b) there are more than 21 candidates for election at a periodic Council election,

a poll is required to take place for that election.

(2) If a poll is required to take place for an election, the Electoral Commissioner must, on the day after nomination day (or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that day), announce--

(a) that the poll is to be taken on the day named in the writ for that election, and

(b) the names of the candidates, and

(c) in relation to a periodic Council election--the names of any candidates who are included in a group, and

(d) the suburb, town or other locality of the enrolled address of each candidate (as stated on the nomination paper).

(3) The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after that announcement, give public notice in the manner determined by the Electoral Commissioner of the following matters--

(a) matters referred to in subsection (2),

(b) the date of the election day,

(c) a list of voting centres for the election.