Division 6BDivision 6B Party endorsement on ballot papers
83D Notification of party endorsement
(1) The registered officer of a registered party may request that either the registered name of that party or the registered abbreviation of the name of that party be printed on the ballot papers for an election adjacent to the name of a candidate who has been endorsed by that party.(2) Any such request is to be in writing signed by the person making the request.(3) Any such request is to be given before noon on the day of nomination to:(a) in the case of a periodic Council election—the Electoral Commissioner, or(b) in the case of an election of a Member of the Assembly for an electoral district—the returning officer for the district or the Electoral Commissioner.(4) If:(a) any such request has been made in respect of candidates in a periodic Council election, and(b) the candidates have duly requested under section 81C (1A) a group voting square for the purposes of the election,the request may include a further request that the name of the registered party that endorsed the candidates, or a composite name formed from the registered parties that endorsed the candidates, be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to the candidates’ group voting square.(5) A reference in this section to a registered name or abbreviation is a reference to a name or abbreviation entered in the Register of Parties under Part 4A.
83E Notification of independent candidacy
(1) A candidate in an election may request that the word “Independent” be printed adjacent to the candidate’s name on the ballot papers for the election.(2) Any such request is to be in writing signed by the person making the request.(3) Any such request is to be given before noon on the day of nomination to:(a) in the case of a periodic Council election—the Electoral Commissioner, or(b) in the case of an election of a Member of the Assembly for an electoral district—the returning officer for the district or the Electoral Commissioner.(4) A candidate may not make both a request under this section and a claim under section 81C to have the candidate’s name included in a group on the ballot paper.
83F Verification of party endorsement
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is taken to have been endorsed by a registered party as a candidate in an election if:(a) the candidate is nominated by the registered officer of the party, or(b) the name of the candidate is included in a statement, signed by the registered officer of the party, setting out the names of the candidates endorsed by the party in the election and given to the Electoral Commissioner before noon on the day of nomination, or(c) the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied, after making such inquiries as the Commissioner thinks appropriate of the registered officer or otherwise, that the candidate is so endorsed.(2) If a person has been endorsed as a candidate in an election by 2 or more registered parties, the person is, for the purposes of this Division, taken to have been endorsed:(a) if the person is nominated by the registered officer of one of the parties—by that party, or(b) if a request has been made under this Division by the registered officer of one of the parties (and paragraph (a) does not apply)—by that party, or(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—by the party specified by the person in a written notice given to the Electoral Commissioner.
A request under this Division:(a) may be written on the same paper as the nomination of the candidate to whom the request relates, and(b) if 2 or more requests are to be made by the same person—may be combined with the other requests.
83H Printing of party name etc on ballot papers
(1) If a person:(a) has been endorsed by a registered party as a candidate in an election, and(b) a request has been made in respect of the candidate under section 83D,the name of that party is to be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot papers.(2) If 2 or more persons have been endorsed by a registered party as candidates in a periodic Council election and a claim has been made to include the names of those candidates in a group in the ballot papers, the following requirements apply to the printing of the ballot papers:(a) the name of the party by which each candidate was endorsed is to be printed adjacent to the name of that candidate on the ballot papers,(b) if all the candidates were endorsed by the same party and a group voting square is printed on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates—the name of the party is to be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square,(c) if the request under section 83D included a request that a composite name be printed adjacent to the group voting square on the ballot papers in relation to the candidates—the composite name is to be printed on the ballot papers adjacent to that square.(3) If a candidate in an election has made a request under section 83E, the word “Independent” is to be printed adjacent to the name of the candidate on the ballot papers.
83I Form of party name on ballot papers
(1) Where a provision of this Act requires the name of the registered party to be printed on ballot papers for use in an election:(a) the name to be so printed is the name of the party entered in the Register of Parties under Part 4A, or(b) if a request has been duly made under this Division for the abbreviation of the name of the party to be so printed—the abbreviation to be so printed is the abbreviation entered in the Register of Parties under Part 4A.(2) The names of registered parties, or the abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to the names of candidates on ballot papers are to be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all those names or abbreviations.(3) The names of registered parties, or the abbreviations of such names, printed adjacent to group voting squares on ballot papers are to be printed in capital letters in type that is uniform in size and style for all those names or abbreviations.