Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:200
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
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Provision Reference: s 200
Character Range: 419006–420026

200  Mistakes
 (1) A postal vote shall not be rejected because only the surname of a candidate has been written on the ballot paper if no other candidate has the same surname.
 (2) A postal vote shall not be rejected because of a mistake in spelling if the elector's intention is clear.

 (3) A postal vote received in an envelope (an outer envelope) that also contains an envelope bearing a postal vote certificate is not to be rejected because the postal vote is not inside the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate.

 (4) For the purposes of this Act, the outer envelope is to be dealt with as if it were an envelope:
 (a) bearing a postal vote certificate; and
 (b) purporting to contain a postal ballot paper or postal vote.

 (5) However, despite subsection (4), the following provisions apply only in relation to the envelope bearing the postal vote certificate:
 (a) paragraphs 195A(2)(c), (d) and (e);
 (b) section 196;
 (c) paragraph 6 of Schedule 3.

Part XVA—Pre‑poll voting

Division 1—Introduction