Wybrow v Chief Electoral Officer - [1980] 1 NZLR 147

Elections and polls — Parliamentary elections — Declaratory judgment — Method of voting and counting of votes — Whether a Returning Officer must reject as informal ballot papers in which an elector has not strictly complied with the instructions on the paper which follow the terms of s 106(1), namely, by striking out the names of every candidate except the one for whom the elector wishes to vote — Electoral Act 1956, ss 105 and 106 - Declaratory Judgments Act 1908, ss 3 and 10.