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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 97 Design of Assembly ballot papers

ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 97

Design of Assembly ballot papers

(1)  The ballot paper names of the candidates for Assembly elections are to be printed in columns with a box printed next to each name.
(2)  Each group of candidates nominated under section 77(3) to appear on a ballot paper under a heading of the ballot paper name of a registered party is to be listed in a separate column on the ballot paper under that name.
(3)  Each group of candidates nominated under section 77(4) to appear on a ballot paper as a group is to be listed in a separate column on the ballot paper under a heading "Group" followed by a capital letter representing the position of the column.
(4)  The first column on the ballot paper (when reading from left to right) is Column A, and each subsequent column to the right of Column A is designated by a successive letter of the English alphabet.
(5)  If more than 26 columns are required, the Commission is to determine the headings to be used.
(6)  The order in which the columns mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) are to be printed on the ballot paper is to be the order determined under section 89(2)(b) .
(7)  Candidates nominated under section 77(2) are to be listed in a column under the heading "ungrouped", and that column is to be printed on the ballot paper in a position to the right of the columns mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) .
(8)  The Commissioner may, if he or she considers it impractical to print the ballot paper names of all candidates nominated under section 77(2) in a single column, print those names in more than one column with –
(a) each column headed "ungrouped"; and
(b) as close as possible to equal numbers of names in each column; and
(c) the names to be included in each column being determined in accordance with Schedule 3 ; and
(d) those columns printed on the ballot paper in positions to the right of the columns mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) .
(9)  The ballot paper names of the candidates within each column are to be printed on each batch of ballot papers in the order specified in Schedule 3 .
(10)  Ballot papers are to be collated in an approved manner so that each ballot paper is followed by a ballot paper having the ballot paper names in a different order within each column.