ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 59
ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 59
59—Printing of Legislative Council ballot papers
(1) In printing the
ballot papers to be used in a Legislative Council election—
(a) the
names of candidates included in groups must be printed in groups on the ballot
papers before the names of candidates not included in groups, with the groups
endorsed by registered political parties appearing before the groups who are
not so endorsed (and on the basis that the groups and then the individual
candidates will be placed sequentially on the ballot paper starting towards
the left-hand side of the ballot paper and then moving across the ballot paper
(towards the right-hand side) and, if necessary, on to and across a second or
subsequent row or rows); and
(ab) the
order of the names of the candidates included in each group will be the order
specified by the candidates in the group under section 58(2)(c); and
(b) the
order of the groups endorsed by registered political parties in the ballot
papers must be determined by lot; and
(ba) the
order of the groups not endorsed by registered political parties in the ballot
papers must be determined by lot; and
(c) the
order of the names of the candidates whose names are not included in any group
must be determined by lot; and
(d)
where similarity in the names of two or more candidates is likely to cause
confusion, the names of those candidates may be arranged with such description
or addition as will distinguish them from one another; and
(e) a
square must be printed opposite the name of each candidate.
(2) If the candidates
in a group have requested under section 58(2)(e) a group voting square,
an additional square must be printed on the ballot paper in order to provide
for the casting of votes in that square.