South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations10—How-to-vote cards (section 66)
(1) For the purposes
of section 66(2) of the Act, a how-to-vote card submitted for inclusion in
posters under section 66(1)(a) of the Act—
(a)
must—
(i)
be printed; and
(ii)
if a candidate is contesting a seat in the Legislative
Council—be 65 millimetres in length and 145 millimetres in width;
and
(iii)
if a candidate is contesting a seat in the House of
Assembly—be 150 millimetres in length and 90 millimetres in width;
and
(iv)
have printed on it the following information:
(A) the words "how-to-vote"; and
(B) the name of the candidate, group of
candidates or all candidates; and
(C) the name and address of the person who
authorised the printing of the card; and
(D) the name and address of the person who
printed the card; and
(E) if a candidate is contesting a seat in
the House of Assembly—the name of the district being contested; and
(F) immediately before the surname of all
candidates contesting a House of Assembly election, figures surrounded by a
square indicating the order of preference the candidate recommends for each
candidate; and
(G) in the case of a Legislative Council
election—
• immediately
before the surname of all candidates whose names appear on the how-to-vote
card, figures surrounded by a square indicating the order of preference the
candidate or group of candidates recommends for each of those candidates,
together with a statement to the effect that an elector must express a
preference for all other candidates; or
• if a candidate
or group of candidates contesting the election has lodged a voting ticket
under section 63 of the Act, a figure "1" in a voting ticket square, together
with a statement to the effect that if there is an expression of a preference
in that square there is no necessity for an elector to express a preference
for all the candidates; or
• if a candidate
or group of candidates contesting the election chooses to print the names of
all candidates on the card, a statement directing the voter to express a
preference for all the candidates; and
(b) may
have printed on it the following information:
(i)
the name of the registered political party (or composite
name if there is more than one such party) supporting the candidate or group
of candidates; and
(ii)
in relation to a candidate or group of candidates, the
description
"Independent" or such description followed by not more than 5 words.
(2) If in the opinion
of the Electoral Commissioner it is necessary to do so, the Electoral
Commissioner may, when preparing a poster for display in a polling booth,
proportionally reduce the size of each how-to-vote card submitted for
inclusion in the poster.
(3) Except for the
matters referred to in subregulation (1), no other matter may be printed
on or otherwise appear on the card.