Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In printing the
ballot papers for a Council election where the relevant number is one —
(a) the
names of the candidates must be printed in the order determined under
section 87(6); and
(b) a
square must be printed opposite the name of each candidate.
(2) Subsections (3) to
(6) apply to a Council election where the relevant number is more than one.
(3) In printing the
ballot papers for a Council election for which there is a group —
(a) if
there is only one group, the names of candidates included in that group must
be printed in a group before the names of candidates, if any, not included in
that group; and
(b) if
there are 2 or more groups —
(i)
in the case of groups in which each candidate is endorsed
by a registered political party — the names of candidates included in
the groups must be printed in groups in columns sequentially from the left
across the ballot papers in the order determined under section 87(5), before
the names of candidates, if any, included in any other group; and
(ii)
the names of candidates included in other groups must be
printed in groups in columns sequentially from the left across the ballot
papers in the order determined under section 87(5), before the names of
candidates, if any, not included in a group;
and
(c) the
order, within a group, in which the names of candidates in that group are
printed must be the order specified in the claim made by them in accordance
with section 80(1); and
(d) the
names of candidates, if any, not included in a group must be printed —
(i)
in a column or, if there are too many names to print in
one column, 2 or more columns; and
(ii)
in the order determined under section 87(6).
(4) In printing the
ballot papers for a Council election for which there are no groups, the names
of the candidates must be printed in the order determined under section 87(6).
(5) In printing the
ballot papers for a Council election —
(a) a
square must be printed opposite the name of each candidate; and
(b) if
the names of 5 or more candidates have been included in a group —
(i)
a dividing line must be printed above the squares printed
opposite those names; and
(ii)
a square must be printed above the dividing line and
above the squares printed opposite those names.
(6) If before polling
day in a Council election a candidate is declared by a court to be incapable
of being elected at that election, the returning officer may take any action
in relation to the printing of the ballot papers the returning officer
considers necessary as a consequence of the declaration, including the
following —
(a)
causing the ballot papers to be reprinted;
(b)
causing notations or marks to be made on the ballot papers;
(c)
again applying the provisions of section 87(6).
[Section 113B inserted: No. 20 of 2021 s. 63.]