Re Taupo Election Petition - [1982] 2 NZLR 244

Elections and polls — Election petition — Challenge to validity of votes counted at general election — Special votes — Validity of special vote declaration — Authority of witness — Whether a person who had been a member of Parliament before Parliament had been dissolved could after dissolution witness a special vote declaration — Effect of omission of witness' signature — Effect of failure of witness to indicate his qualifications — Whether challenged declarations were valid — Whether a ballot paper had clearly indicated the candidate for whom the voter had desired to vote — Whether a voter had validly transferred from Maori roll to General roll — Electoral Regulations 1981, reg 18 - Electoral Act 1956, ss 40, 41C, 115 and 176.