6 Nov 2008
BRETT DAVID DOCHERTY V ROBERT PEDEN, CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER HC WN CIV 2008-485-2375
- Citation
- openlaw-c88d62e4_5d9a_454e_94ef_54bae7d3014a.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The nomination was correctly rejected because the applicant was not a registered elector by the statutory deadline (noon 13 October); a form handed to a Post Office teller does not equate to receipt by the Registrar for s87(1) purposes; statutory provisions s47(1) and s146G(3) mandated rejection; onus lay on candidate to ensure timely registration and practical impossibility and delay precluded mandamus relief.