Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) If the number of
persons nominated is greater than the number required to fill the vacancies, a
poll shall be taken by the returning officer, who shall cause ballot papers
and counterfoils to be printed in the form of Form 2 in Appendix A.
(2) The returning
officer shall send one ballot paper and counterfoil, initialled or
authenticated in some other way by him, together with one unfastened envelope
marked “Ballot Paper”, and another unfastened envelope with the
address of the returning officer printed thereon, by post in a sealed envelope
to the address appearing in the register of every pharmaceutical chemist
registered by the Council.
(3) A voter shall
indicate on his ballot paper the candidate or candidates for whom he votes by
striking out clearly and distinctly the names of the candidate or candidates
for whom he does not vote, but leaving untouched the same number of names on
the ballot paper as there are vacancies to be filled.
(4) A voter having
marked his ballot paper in the manner prescribed by subregulation (3)
shall then —
(a)
complete the counterfoil and detach it from the ballot paper;
(b)
place the ballot paper in the envelope marked “Ballot Paper” and
seal the envelope;
(c)
place the sealed envelope so marked and the counterfoil in the envelope
addressed to the returning officer, seal that envelope and send it by prepaid
post, or cause it to be delivered, to the returning officer.
[Regulation 11 amended in Gazette
27 Jun 1997 p. 3103.]