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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 167

Nominations

  (1)   Nomination of candidates for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives must be made to the Electoral Commissioner in accordance with a determination under subsection   (2).

Note:   For when the nomination must be provided to the Electoral Commissioner, see paragraph   170(2)(a).

Requirements for nominations

  (2)   The Electoral Commissioner may determine, in writing, the manner in which nominations are to be lodged.

Bulk nominations

  (3)   A nomination (a bulk nomination ) may be made under subsection   (1), by the registered officer of a registered political party, of more than one candidate endorsed by the party for election to the House of Representatives.

  (4)   The registered officer of a registered political party:

  (a)   may make more than one bulk nomination; and

  (b)   must not make more than one bulk nomination for a State or Territory.



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