Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 212

    In printing the ballot papers to be used in a House of Representatives election:

  (a)   the order of the names of the candidates in the ballot papers shall be determined by the Divisional Returning Officer in accordance with section   213;

  (b)   where similarity in the names of 2 or more candidates is likely to cause confusion, the names of those candidates may be arranged with such description or addition as will distinguish them from one another; and

  (c)   except as otherwise provided by the regulations, a square shall be printed opposite the name of each candidate.