Victorian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 78

    (1)     The registered officer of a registered political party or a person appointed by the registered officer may submit a how-to-vote card to the Commission for registration at any time within the period that—

        (a)     starts on the first working day after the final nomination day; and

        (b)     ends at noon on the 6th working day before election day.

    (2)     A person submitting a how-to-vote card to the Commission for registration must make a declaration in the prescribed form.

S. 78(3) amended by No. 2/2003 s. 34(1) (as amended by No. 38/2005 s. 18), substituted by No. 30/2018 s. 17.

    (3)     A how-to-vote card submitted under this section must be—

        (a)     a single how-to-vote card, that is, a how-to-vote card submitted with respect to one electoral district or one electoral region only; or

        (b)     a multiple how-to-vote card, that is, a how‑to-vote card submitted with respect to no less than every electoral district or electoral region for which the registered political party submitting the how-to-vote card has endorsed a candidate; or

        (c)     a combined how-to-vote card, that is, a how‑to-vote card submitted with respect to one or more electoral districts or electoral regions for which the registered political party submitting the how-to-vote card has endorsed a candidate.

    (4)     The Commission may provide such assistance to an applicant as the Commission considers appropriate before the submission of the how‑to‑vote card to the Commission for registration.

S. 79 substituted by No. 38/2005 s. 7.