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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 76

76—Method of voting at elections

        (1)         In a Legislative Council election a voter must mark his or her vote on the ballot paper as follows:

            (a)         by placing the number 1 in the square printed opposite the name of the candidate for whom he or she votes as his or her first preference and consecutive numbers in the squares printed opposite the names of other candidates so as to indicate the order of preference for not less than 12 candidates in total (or, if there are 12 or fewer candidates in the election, so as to indicate the order of preference for all remaining candidates); or

            (b)         if the ballot paper contains 1 or more group voting squares—by placing the number 1 in the square that relates to the group of candidates for whom the voter votes as his or her first preference and, if the voter so desires, by placing the number 2 and consecutive numbers in the group voting squares that relate to other groups of candidates in the order of the voter's preference for them (but not so as to be required to indicate a preference for all groups of candidates).

        (2)         In a House of Assembly election, a voter must mark his or her vote on the ballot paper by placing the number 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he or she votes as his or her first preference, and consecutive numbers in the squares opposite the names of the remaining candidates so as to indicate the order of preference for all candidates.

        (3)         For the purposes of this Act, where a voter places a tick or a cross on a ballot paper, the tick or cross will be taken to be equivalent to the number 1.



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