Re Wairarapa Election Petition - [1988] 2 NZLR 74

Elections and polls — Parliamentary elections — Petition — Challenge to validity of votes — Allegation of corrupt practice in relation to election expenses — Whether test as to usual place of residence was objective or subjective — Whether released prisoner whose name remained on electoral roll was entitled to vote — Whether the vote of an elector who had cast a special vote and then died before polling day should be disallowed — Whether the limit of $5000 on election expenses under s 139 of the Electoral Act included GST - Whether advertising which refers to more than one candidate "relates exclusively" to the campaign for the return of one of the candidates — Whether the offence of corrupt practice under s 139 was one of absolute liability — Whether the Labour Party candidate for the Wairarapa electorate in the 1987 general election was guilty of a corrupt practice — Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, s 78 - Electoral Act 1956, ss 37, 39, 42, 50, 99, 139, 147A and 166.