ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 122
How electors must vote
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 122
How electors must vote
122 How electors must vote
(1) An elector must vote in accordance with—
(a) if the elector votes using
electronically assisted voting—the procedures approved under section 121B(3) ; or
(b) otherwise— subsections (2) and (3) .
(2) An elector must vote
by writing on a ballot paper—
(a) the number 1 in the square opposite the
name of the candidate for whom the elector votes as the elector’s first
preference; and
(b) the numbers 2, 3 and so on in the squares opposite the
names of all the other candidates to indicate the order of the elector’s
preferences for them.
(3) The numbers mentioned in subsection (2) (b) must be
consecutive numbers, without the repetition of a number.