102Periodic Council election ballot papers

102 Periodic Council election ballot papers

102 Periodic Council election ballot papers

(1) If, for a periodic Council election, there are—

(a) 2 or more groups of candidates for that election, the Electoral Commissioner is to determine the order in which those groups are to appear on the ballot papers, or

(b) 2 or more candidates, not included in a group, for that election, the Electoral Commissioner is to determine the order in which those candidates’ names are to appear on the ballot papers.

(2) The Electoral Commissioner may use any method of random selection as seems appropriate to the Electoral Commissioner to determine the order in which names of groups and candidates are to appear on ballot papers.

(3) In printing the ballot papers for a periodic Council election—

(a) for which there is only one group, the names of candidates included in that group are to be printed in a group before the names of candidates (if any) not included in that group, and

(b) for which there are 2 or more groups, but not more than 33 groups, the names of candidates included in the groups are to be printed in groups across the ballot papers in the order determined under subsection (1) (a), before the names of candidates (if any) not included in any such group, and

(c) for which there are more than 33 groups, the names of candidates included in the groups are to be printed in groups across the ballot papers in 2 rows in the order determined under subsection (1) (a), before the names of candidates (if any) not included in any such group, and

(d) the order, within a group, in which the names of candidates in that group are to be printed in the ballot papers is to be the order specified in the claim made by them in accordance with Division 3, and

(e) the names of candidates (if any) not included in any group are to be printed as a group, without any identification referred to in subsection (5) (a), in the ballot papers in the order determined under subsection (1) (b).

(4) In printing the ballot papers for a periodic Council election for which there are no groups, the names of the candidates are to be printed in the order determined under subsection (1) (b).

(5) In printing the ballot papers—