Victorian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 69A

    (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.

S. 69A(8) inserted by No. 41/2010 s. 6.

    (8)     A request made under subsection (1), (2) or (3) may, at any time before noon on the day before final nomination day, be amended, withdrawn or replaced by a written notice to the Commission.

S. 69B inserted by No. 2/2003 s. 28.