COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 366 Errors relating to printing of party affiliations

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 366

    The Court of Disputed Returns is not to declare that a person returned as elected was not duly elected, or declare an election void, by reason only that:

  (a)   there was or was not printed on one or more ballot papers used in the election:

  (i)   the name; or

  (ii)   an abbreviation of the name; or

  (iii)   a logo of a political party;

    adjacent to the name of a candidate or group of candidates; or

  (b)   the name or an abbreviation of the name of a political party printed on one or more ballot papers used in the election was misspelt; or

  (c)   the name, an abbreviation of the name or a logo of a political party printed on one or more ballot papers used in the election was inaccurate or incorrect; or

  (d)   an officer failed to comply with section   210A, 214 or 214A in relation to the election.