Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 214

  (1)   Where a person:

  (a)   has been endorsed as a candidate in an election by a registered political party; and

  (b)   a request has been made in respect of the candidate under section   169;

the name of that party shall be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on ballot papers for use in the election.

  (2)   Where:

  (a)   2 or more persons have been endorsed as candidates in a Senate election by a registered political party; and

  (b)   a request has been made in respect of the candidates under section   168;

the following requirements shall be observed in the printing of the ballot papers for use in the election:

  (c)   the registered name of the party by which each candidate was endorsed shall be printed adjacent to the name of that candidate on the ballot papers;

  (d)   where all the candidates were endorsed by the same party and a square is printed above the line on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates, the registered name of that party shall be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square;

  (e)   where the request under section   169 included a request that a composite name be printed adjacent to the square printed above the line on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates, that composite name shall be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square.

  (3)   Where a candidate in an election has made a request under section   169A, the word "Independent" shall be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot papers.