Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025:clause:1_19
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016A00025
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 19
Character Range: 5896–6704

19  Subsection 239(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Voting below the line
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person must mark his or her vote on the ballot paper in a Senate election by:
 (a) writing at least the numbers 1 to 12 in the squares printed on the ballot paper below the line (with the number 1 being given to the candidate for whom the person votes as his or her first preference, and the numbers 2, 3, 4 and so on to at least the number 12 being given to other candidates so as to indicate the order of the person's preference for them); or
 (b) if there are 12 or fewer squares printed on the ballot paper below the line—numbering the squares consecutively from the number 1 (in order of preference as described in paragraph (a)).
Note: See also section 268A for when the vote is formal.