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Local Government Electoral Act 2011
sec.88Ballot paper partly formal and partly informal
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### sec.88 Ballot paper partly formal and partly informal
This section applies if—
an election for mayor of a local government and an election for the other councillors of the local government are held at the same time and 1 ballot paper is used for both elections; and
the ballot paper, as completed for 1 of the elections, is informal but, as completed for the other election, is formal.
The informal part of the ballot paper must be rejected and the formal part of the ballot paper must be counted under division 7 .
(sec.88-ssec.1) This section applies if— an election for mayor of a local government and an election for the other councillors of the local government are held at the same time and 1 ballot paper is used for both elections; and the ballot paper, as completed for 1 of the elections, is informal but, as completed for the other election, is formal.
(sec.88-ssec.2) The informal part of the ballot paper must be rejected and the formal part of the ballot paper must be counted under division 7 .
- (a) an election for mayor of a local government and an election for the other councillors of the local government are held at the same time and 1 ballot paper is used for both elections; and
- (b) the ballot paper, as completed for 1 of the elections, is informal but, as completed for the other election, is formal.