Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A ballot-paper must be rejected as informal—
(a) if it has not been initialled by an election official; or
(b) if it is not so initialled, does not bear the prescribed official mark; or
S. 112(1)(c) amended by No. 2/2003 s. 37(a).
(c) if it is not marked in accordance with section 93, in the case of an Assembly election; or
S. 112(1)(d) inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 37(b).
(d) if it is not marked in accordance with section 93A, in the case of a Council election.
S. 112(1A) inserted by No. 30/2018 s. 35.
(1A) A ballot-paper that has been reproduced by hand by an election official at a voting centre must not be rejected only because the ballot‑paper does not have printed on it—
(a) the logo of a political party entered in the Register of Political Parties in relation to a political party and any candidate endorsed by that political party on the ballot-paper for an election; or
(b) if a composite name is to be printed on the ballot-paper for a Council election, the logo of each political party to which the composite name relates.
(2) Except as otherwise expressly provided, a ballot‑paper must not be rejected for any reason other than the reasons specified in this section.
(3) Subject to this section, a ballot-paper must be given effect to according to the elector's intention so far as the elector's intention is clear.
S. 112A inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 38.