Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electoral Act 2002 - SECT 69A

Grouping of candidates for Council elections

69A. Grouping of candidates for Council elections



(1) Two or more candidates for a Council election who are not endorsed by a
registered political party may make a joint request to the Commission that-

   (a)  their names be grouped on the ballot-papers; or

   (b)  their names be grouped on the ballot-papers in a specified order.

(2) If 2 or more candidates for a Council election are endorsed by a
registered political party, the registered officer of the registered political
party may make a request to the Commission that-

   (a)  the candidates' names be grouped on the ballot-papers; or

   (b)  the candidates' names be grouped on the ballot-papers in a specified
        order.

(3) If 2 or more candidates for a Council election are endorsed by different
registered political parties, the registered officers of each registered
political party may make a joint request to the Commission that-

   (a)  the candidates' names be grouped on the ballot-papers; or

   (b)  the candidates' names be grouped on the ballot-papers in a specified
        order.



(4) A request under subsection (1), (2) or (3) must-

   (a)  be in writing; and

   (b)  in the case of a request under subsection (1), be signed by each
        candidate; and

   (c)  in the case of a request under subsection (2), be signed by the
        registered officer of the registered political party; and

   (d)  in the case of a request under subsection (3), be signed by the
        registered officers of each registered political party; and

   (e)  be delivered to the Commission before noon of the day before the
        final nomination day.

(5) If the request is made under subsection (2), the request may include a
further request that the name of the registered political party that endorsed
all the candidates be printed beneath the square in relation to the group of
candidates on the ballot-papers.

(6) If the request is made under subsection (3), the request may include a
further request that a composite name formed from the registered political
parties that endorsed the candidates be printed beneath the square in relation
to the group of candidates on the ballot-papers.

(7) A candidate's name may not be included in more than one group.