 Secondly , when candidates wish to publish election advertising on the Internet during the campaign period – that is , the period from the closure of the place of nomination on nomination day after the election is adjourned to enable a poll to be taken , to the start of the eve of polling day – they must provide to the returning officer , within 12 hours after the start of the period , declarations containing information on all the online platforms the advertising has appeared on in that time . Subsequently , a similar declaration must be provided before election advertising is published on such platforms . 
