sec.83How electors must record a vote on a ballot paper—optional-preferential voting

### sec.83 How electors must record a vote on a ballot paper—optional-preferential voting This section applies if the system of voting at an election is optional-preferential voting. An elector must record a vote in accordance with— if the elector votes using electronically assisted voting—the procedures approved under section 75A (3) ; or otherwise— subsection (3) or (4) . An elector records a vote on a ballot paper by— to record a first-preference vote—writing on the ballot paper the numeral 1, or a tick or a cross, in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom the elector wishes to cast a first-preference vote; and to record a preference vote—writing the numerals 2, 3, and so on (in regular arithmetical sequence by intervals of 1 whole numeral) in other squares to record the order of the elector’s preferences for the other candidates. An elector is only required to record a first-preference vote on a ballot paper but may also record preference votes for 1 or more, but not necessarily all, of the candidates. s 83 amd 2014 No. 44 s 64 (sec.83-ssec.1) This section applies if the system of voting at an election is optional-preferential voting. (sec.83-ssec.2) An elector must record a vote in accordance with— if the elector votes using electronically assisted voting—the procedures approved under section 75A (3) ; or otherwise— subsection (3) or (4) . (sec.83-ssec.3) An elector records a vote on a ballot paper by— to record a first-preference vote—writing on the ballot paper the numeral 1, or a tick or a cross, in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom the elector wishes to cast a first-preference vote; and to record a preference vote—writing the numerals 2, 3, and so on (in regular arithmetical sequence by intervals of 1 whole numeral) in other squares to record the order of the elector’s preferences for the other candidates. (sec.83-ssec.4) An elector is only required to record a first-preference vote on a ballot paper but may also record preference votes for 1 or more, but not necessarily all, of the candidates. - (a) if the elector votes using electronically assisted voting—the procedures approved under section 75A (3) ; or - (b) otherwise— subsection (3) or (4) . - (a) to record a first-preference vote—writing on the ballot paper the numeral 1, or a tick or a cross, in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom the elector wishes to cast a first-preference vote; and - (b) to record a preference vote—writing the numerals 2, 3, and so on (in regular arithmetical sequence by intervals of 1 whole numeral) in other squares to record the order of the elector’s preferences for the other candidates.