Hamilton city elections – 2007

Candidates

See who has been nominated as a candidate for mayor, east ward or west ward.

• Nominated Candidates

Candidate Information Resources

Information and forms that you need to help you be nominated as a candidate for mayor or councillor for the Hamilton City Council 2007 elections can be found here.

Candidate Information Handbook

To get a copy of the Candidate Information Handbook for the 2007 Triennial Election for the Hamilton City Council you can:

• click here to download a PDF of the Candidate Information Handbook (2.2MB)
  
• The booklet outlines information, which may be of interest to you as a candidate for the elections.
  
• It is extremely important that you familiarise yourself with the contents of the handbook. While the legislation governing the 2007 Triennial Election has not changed from the 2004 Triennial Election, the handbook provides a comprehensive explanation of the requirements of the electoral legislation.
  
• for a printed copy contact Council's elections hotline 0800 COUNCIL (0800 268 624)
  

Key aspects to the legislation governing the 2007 Triennial Election, which you need to familiarise yourself with include:

• Candidacy Qualifications – all candidates must be a New Zealand citizen on the electoral roll (see Section 6).
  
• Candidate profile statements with voting papers (see Section 7).
  
• Nominations – candidates cannot nominate themselves and are unable to use official titles and ranks with their names (see Section 7).
  
• Candidate deposits $200 (incl GST) (see Section 7).
  
• Election advertising (using any media) must identify the person under whose authority they have been produced (see Section 8).
  
• Candidate campaign expenditure limits (see Section 9).
  
• Voting period 3 weeks (see Section 12).
  
• Early processing of returned Voting Papers for all of the voting period (see Section 13).
  
• Election offences (see Section 18).
  
• Preliminary Results notification (see Section 15)

Please refer to the table of contents for further information.

Forms

• Candidate Profile Statement
  
• Candidate nomination form for Mayor
  
• Candidate nomination form for Councillor West Ward
  
• Candidate nomination form for Councillor East Ward
  
• Appointment of Scrutineer
  
• Return of Electoral Expenses and Electoral Donations
  
• Notification of Preliminary Results

If you require any further information, or additional copies of the Candidate Information Handbook, please telephone 0800 COUNCIL (0800 268 624).