Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 209

             (1)  Ballot papers to be used in a Senate election shall be in Form E in Schedule 1.

             (2)  Ballot papers to be used in a House of Representatives election shall be in Form F in Schedule 1.

             (3)  Ballot papers must have a green background colour for House of Representatives elections and a white background colour for Senate elections and are to be printed using black type face of a kind ordinarily used in Commonwealth Government publications.

             (5)  The ballot papers to be used for postal voting shall have the words "Postal Ballot paper" as a heading and shall contain the following directions:

"Fold the ballot paper, place it in the envelope on which the postal vote certificate is printed and fasten the envelope.".

             (6)  Before issuing a ballot paper for a Senate election, an officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed on the ballot paper, write on the ballot paper:

                     (a)  the name of the State or Territory in which the election is to be held;

                     (b)  the number of candidates to be elected;

                     (c)  the numbers required to complete the Directions on the ballot paper;

                     (d)  the full names of all candidates arranged in the same way as would be required if the names were being printed on the ballot paper; and

                     (e)  the information that would be required by section 214 to be printed on the ballot paper if the ballot paper were being printed.

             (7)  Before issuing a ballot paper for a House of Representatives election, an officer shall, if the particulars are not already printed on the ballot paper, write on the ballot paper:

                     (a)  the name of the State or Territory, and the name of the Division, in which the election is to be held;

                     (b)  the numbers required to complete the Directions on the ballot paper;

                     (c)  the full names of all candidates for the Division in the same order as would be required if the ballot paper were being printed; and

                     (d)  the information that would be required by section 214 to be printed on the ballot paper if the ballot paper were being printed.

             (8)  Before issuing a ballot paper that is to be used for postal voting, a DRO or Assistant Returning Officer shall ensure that the words and directions required by subsection (5) are printed or written on the ballot paper.