New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE BY-LAW 2005 - REG 19

19 Voting papers

(1) All voting papers must specify the names of all the candidates.

(2) The Returning Officer must arrange for the order in which those names are to appear on voting papers to be decided by lot.

(3) The Returning Officer must ensure that a voting paper is sent to each person who is entitled to vote in the election concerned.

(4) A voting paper is to be accompanied by the following documents:

(a) a notice setting out how the voting paper is to be completed and specifying the date and time by which the voting paper must reach the Returning Officer,

(b) two envelopes, one marked “Voting Paper Only” and the other addressed to the Returning Officer,

(c) a form of declaration of identity and of entitlement to vote, which may be printed on the reverse of the envelope addressed to the Returning Officer,

(d) any statements (as amended by the Returning Officer) and photographs that have been submitted by the candidates in relation to their nominations.

(5) A person whose voting paper becomes lost or destroyed may apply to the Returning Officer for a duplicate voting paper because of that fact and, if satisfied of the truth of the application, the Returning Officer must supply a duplicate voting paper to the applicant.

(6) An election is not invalid because of an error or omission in the distribution of voting papers.