New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 106

106 Printing of party name etc on ballot papers

(1) If a person--

(a) has been nominated by the registered officer of a registered party as a candidate in an election, and

(b) a request has been made in respect of the candidate under section 104(1),

the name of that party or the registered abbreviation of the name of that party (as requested) is to be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot papers.

(2) If 2 or more persons have been nominated by the registered officer of a registered party as candidates in a periodic Council election and a claim has been made to include the names of those candidates in a group in the ballot papers, the following requirements apply to the printing of the ballot papers--

(a) the name of that party or the registered abbreviation of the name of that party (as requested) is to be printed adjacent to the name of that candidate on the ballot papers,

(b) if all the candidates were endorsed by the same party and a group voting square is printed on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates--the name of the party or the registered abbreviation of the name of that party (as requested) is to be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square,

(c) if the request under this Subdivision included a request that a composite name be printed adjacent to the group voting square on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates--the composite name is to be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square.

(3) If a candidate in an election has made a request under section 105, the word "Independent" is to be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot papers.