Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A political party's constitution is a complying constitution if it contains the following--
(a) the party's objects, 1 of which must be the promotion of the election to the Legislative Assembly of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it or by a body or organisation of which it forms a part;
(b) the procedure for amending the constitution;
(c) the rules for membership of the party, which must include the following rules--
(i) a rule stating the procedure for accepting a person as a member;
(ii) a rule stating the procedure for ending a person's membership;
(iii) a rule prohibiting a person from becoming a member of the party if the person has been convicted of a disqualifying electoral offence within 10 years before the person applies to become a member;
(iv) a rule prohibiting a person from continuing as a member of the party if the person is convicted of a disqualifying electoral offence;
(d) a statement about how the party manages its internal affairs, including a statement about--
(i) the party structure; and
(ii) the process for dispute resolution;
(e) the rules for selecting--
(i) a person to hold an office in the party; and
(ii) a candidate to be endorsed by the party for an election or an election for a local government;
(f) a rule requiring that a preselection ballot must satisfy the general principles of free and democratic elections.
(2) The general principles of free and democratic elections as applied to a preselection ballot are as follows--
(a) only members of the party who are electors may vote;
(b) only members of the party who are eligible to vote in the ballot under the party's constitution may vote;
(c) each member has only 1 vote;
(d) voting must be done by secret ballot;
(e) a member must not be improperly influenced in voting;
(f) a member's ballot paper must be counted if the member's intention is clear;
(g) members' votes must be accurately counted;
(h) each person who is seeking selection may be present personally, or may be represented by another person, at the ballot and for the scrutiny, and counting, of votes.