Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (DISTRICT COUNCILS) REGULATION - SECT 34

Chief Electoral Officer to send poll cards to electors

(1) For every contested election, at least 10 days before polling  day, the
Chief Electoral Officer must send a poll card to each elector.

(2) A poll card need not be sent to an elector if-

   (a)  the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied, having regard to information
        received from the Registrar of Births and Deaths, that the elector is
        dead; or

   (b)  the Chief Electoral Officer is satisfied that the elector's address as
        recorded in the final register-

        (i)    does not exist;

        (ii)   refers to a building that has been demolished; or

        (iii)  refers to a building that is not built at the time poll cards
               are to be sent.

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer must state in the poll card the
polling station at which the elector must cast his or her vote.

(4) Where an alternative polling station is allocated to an elector under
section 33(4), the Chief Electoral Officer must, as soon as practicable,
notify, in a manner that Officer considers appropriate-

   (a)  the elector;

   (b)  the Returning Officer;

   (c)  the Presiding Officer of the polling station previously allocated to
        the elector; and

   (d)  the Presiding Officer of the alternative polling station.