Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025:clause:1_20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 20
Character Range: 6704–7488

20  Subsections 239(2) and (3)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:

Voting above the line
 (2) A vote may be marked on a ballot paper by:
 (a) writing at least the numbers 1 to 6 in the squares (if any) printed on the ballot paper above the line (with the number 1 being given to the party or group for whom the person votes as his or her first preference, and the numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 being given to other parties or groups so as to indicate the order of the person's preference for them); or
 (b) if there are 6 or fewer squares printed on the ballot paper above the line—numbering the squares consecutively from the number 1 (in order of preference as described in paragraph (a)).
Note: See also section 269 for when the vote is formal.

Candidates who die before polling day