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#### 101 Assembly election ballot papers
101 Assembly election ballot papers
> > (1) The Electoral Commissioner is to determine the order in which the candidates’ names are to appear on the ballot papers for an election for a district.
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> > (2) The Electoral Commissioner may use any method of random selection as seems appropriate to the Electoral Commissioner to determine that order.
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> > (3) In printing the ballot papers—
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> > > (a) the names of all candidates duly nominated are to appear on the ballot papers in the order determined under subsection (1), and
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> > > (b) the surname of each candidate is to be in a more conspicuous type than that used for the candidate’s given name or names, and
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> > > (c) the given name of each candidate—
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> > > > (i) is to be in the form specified in the candidate’s nomination paper, and
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> > > > (ii) is to be in a less conspicuous type than the type in which the candidate’s surname is printed, and
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> > > > (iii) may be printed on a line after the line on which the candidate’s surname is printed, and
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> > > (d) if a similarity in the names of 2 or more candidates is likely to cause confusion, the Electoral Commissioner may arrange the names with such description or addition as will distinguish them from one another, and
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> > > (e) a square is to be printed opposite the name of each candidate, and
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> > > (f) if required by Subdivision 2, the names of registered parties and logos, or the word “Independent” and the candidate’s logo, are to be printed in accordance with that Subdivision.
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> **s 101:** Am 2022 No 57, Sch 2\[8\].