Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00690:reg:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00690
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22
Character Range: 11573–12384

22  Informal ballot papers
 (1) A ballot paper in an election is informal if:
 (a) it does not indicate the voter's first preference for a candidate; or
 (b) it purports to indicate the voter's first preference for 2 or more candidates.
 (2) A ballot paper is not informal by reason only that:
 (a) the same number has been indicated opposite the names of more than one candidate, in the order of the voter's preference, after the voter's first preference; or
 (b) a number has been omitted in the numerical sequence in the voter's preference after his or her first preference;
but the ballot paper must be treated as if:
 (c) the numbers so repeated, and any higher number, had not been placed on the ballot paper; or
 (d) any number higher than the number so omitted had not been placed on the ballot paper.