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Electoral Act 2004
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50 Method of voting
(1) A person's vote on a ballot paper must be marked in accordance
with subsection (2).
(2) The person must:
(a) place the number "1" in the candidate square for a candidate
to indicate the person's first preference for the candidate; and
(b) place consecutively increasing whole numbers (starting with
the number "2") in the candidate squares for each of the other
candidates to indicate the order of the person's preferences
for those candidates until a number is placed in all candidate
squares.