84Method of nomination

#### 84 Method of nomination 84 Method of nomination > > (1) A nomination is to be made by lodging a nomination paper in the approved form with the Electoral Commissioner. > > > (2) A nomination paper lodged at the following places is taken to have been lodged with the Electoral Commissioner— > > > > > (a) the office of the Electoral Commission, > > > > > (b) in relation to an election for a district, at the office of the election manager for the district. > > > (3) A nomination paper must be lodged— > > > > > (a) in relation to a general election that follows an expiry of an Assembly under section 24 (1) of the [Constitution Act 1902](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1902-032)—during the period beginning on the Monday before the expiry of the Assembly and ending at 12 noon on the nomination day, or > > > > > (b) in any other case—during the period beginning on the issue of the writs and ending at 12 noon on the nomination day. > > > > Note. > > > > Section 24 (1) of the [Constitution Act 1902](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1902-032) provides that Legislative Assembly, unless sooner dissolved, expires on the Friday before the first Saturday in March in the fourth calendar year after the calendar year in which the return of the writs for choosing that Assembly occurred. > > > > The Legislative Assembly elected at the 2015 general election will, unless sooner dissolved, expire on Friday 1 March 2019. > > > > Sections 74 and 75 provide that the writs for the next general election are to be issued on Monday 4 March 2019 and that the nomination day for that general election will be Wednesday 6 March 2019. > > > > Subsection (3) (a) provides that the Electoral Commissioner may accept nomination papers for that election only during the period beginning on Monday 25 February 2019 and ending at 12 noon on Wednesday 6 March 2019. > > > (4) A nomination paper is to specify the form of given name that the candidate wishes to be printed on the ballot papers for the election. > > > (5) A given name of a candidate specified in a nomination paper under this section as the form in which that name should be printed on the ballot papers for the election may differ from the name under which the candidate is enrolled only to the extent that the given name is specified by— > > > > > (a) an initial standing for that name, or > > > > > (b) a commonly accepted variation of the name (including an abbreviation or truncation of that name or an alternative form of that name), or > > > > > (c) a commonly used other name specific to the candidate by which the candidate is usually identified (if the Electoral Commissioner is satisfied that the proposed name is a commonly used other name specific to the candidate by which the candidate is usually identified). > > > (6) For the avoidance of doubt, the Electoral Commissioner may approve a form of nomination paper under this section that enables the registered officer of a registered party to nominate candidates for more than one electoral district and candidates for a periodic Council election in a single document. > > > (7) The regulations may make further provision for the electronic lodgment of nomination papers with the Electoral Commissioner.