COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 209 Ballot papers

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 209

  (1)   Ballot papers to be used in a Senate election shall be in Form E in Schedule   1.

  (2)   Ballot papers to be used in a House of Representatives election shall be in Form F in Schedule   1.

  (3)   Ballot papers must have a green background colour for House of Representatives elections and a white background colour for Senate elections and are to be printed using black type face of a kind ordinarily used in Commonwealth Government publications.

Note:   One effect of this subsection is that party logos are printed only in black on ballot papers.

  (6)   Before issuing a ballot paper for a Senate election, an officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed on the ballot paper, write on the ballot paper:

  (a)   the name of the State or Territory in which the election is to be held;

  (b)   the number of candidates to be elected;

  (c)   the numbers required to complete the Directions on the ballot paper;

  (d)   the full names of all candidates arranged in the same way as would be required if the names were being printed on the ballot paper; and

  (e)   the information that would be required by section   214 to be printed on the ballot paper if the ballot paper were being printed.

  (7)   Before issuing a ballot paper for a House of Representatives election, an officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed on the ballot paper, write on the ballot paper:

  (a)   the name of the State or Territory, and the name of the Division, in which the election is to be held;

  (b)   the numbers required to complete the Directions on the ballot paper;

  (c)   the full names of all candidates for the Division in the same order as would be required if the ballot paper were being printed; and

  (d)   the information that would be required by section   214 to be printed on the ballot paper if the ballot paper were being printed.

  (8)   Before issuing a ballot paper that is to be used for postal voting, an officer must ensure that the words and directions required by subsection   (5) are printed or written on the ballot paper.