THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
MEDIA RELEASE
Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly elections:
Eligibility to stand for election and how to nominate
Arrangements have commenced for the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly
elections, due to be held on Wednesday 17 March. Returning Officer Mitchell Evans
will publish advertisements giving details of the polling places and times in the
weeks prior to the election.
This is the third in a series of articles providing background information on the
system of government and administration in Norfolk Island, including who can vote,
who can stand for election, how the voting system works and how the resulting
Government is normally formed. This week’s information concerns eligibility to
stand for election and how to nominate.
Electoral provisions for the Legislative Assembly are contained in the Norfolk Island
Act 1979 (Cth) and the Legislative Assembly Act 1979 (NI). Under current law, a person
can stand for election to the Assembly if they are an Australian citizen aged 18 or
over, are entitled to vote at elections, and have been ordinarily resident in Norfolk
Island for a period of five years immediately preceding their nomination.
In accordance with the legislation, nomination day for this year’s election is
Wednesday 17 February 2010. The law requires that the nomination of a candidate
for election to the Legislative Assembly be effected by delivering to the Returning
Officer, not later than noon on nomination day, a prescribed nomination form signed
by the candidate and by at least two electors. Prescribed nomination forms are
available from the Returning Officer at the Immigration Office in Customs House,
Burnt Pine. In short, if you wish to stand for election, you have just over two weeks
to lodge your nomination.
George Plant
Chief Executive Officer
29 January 2010
MEDIA ENQUIRIES: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND, KINGSTON, NORFOLK ISLAND 2899
TELEPHONE: (+6723) 22001
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